§ Mr. MANSFIELDasked the Minister of Transport whether his Department is prepared to give a general approval to the principle of county councils incorporating in their schemes of repair and maintenance of classified roads a proportion of the able-bodied who are now a charge to the local rates, and who may become a burden to the county councils as the new administrators of poor relief?
§ Mr. HERBERT MORRISONThe recuirment of labour for the ordinary repair and maintenance of classified roads is within the discretion of the responsible highway authority, and I do not feel called upon to express any general opinion on the matter.