§ Mr. T. Smithasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether any instruction has been issued against members of local authorities accepting appointments with respect to food control; and, if so, will he state the reason?
§ Mr. BoothbyAn instruction has been issued to the effect that members of the staffs of food control committees cannot be given permission to become candidates for election to, or serve upon, district, borough or county councils. No objection has been raised to the continued employment of officers who were already serving upon local authorities at the time when the instruction was issued at the end of last year. In view of the close relation ship between a local authority and the food control committee in the same area, it is considered undesirable that a man should be a member of the former and an officer of the latter.