§ Sir R. Youngasked the Minister of Health whether a letter sent to him by the chairman of the Rating and Valuation Committee of the Golborne Urban District Council has been brought to his notice; and what was his decision regarding the matter of borrowing, with his sanction, for war damage insurance purposes, the deprivation of voting powers imposed on five members of the council and the clerks' 431W intimation that the five members of the council were not entitled to speak on the motion then under consideration on 6th December, 1946.
§ Mr. BevanYes, Sir. I have no power to give a ruling whether the five members of the council were debarred from taking part in the discussion on 6th December, but I am prepared, if an application is made to me, to consider whether I can properly remove any disability that exists in order to enable them to put their views before the council at any subsequent discussion of the matter; I understand from a further letter I have received that such an application may be made. I have reached no decision on borrowing for war damage insurance purposes as no application on the subject has been made to me.