§ Mr. Manderasked the Home Secretary the number of persons who have become members of local governing bodies without popular election during the war as a result of the Local Elections (Temporary Provisions) Act; and what relation this bears to the total membership of such bodies?
§ Mr. PeakeThe information for which my hon. Friend asks could only be obtained from the local bodies concerned and as there are over 8,500 of these I should not feel justified in incurring the labour involved in collecting statistics from all of them, but I am inquiring whether some sample figures can be obtained quickly.