§ Mr. Shinwellasked the Minister of Education when he received a communication from Mr. J. Bruce of Granby House, Wingate, County Durham, on whether an employee of the Durham County Council can sit as a member of the Easington Rural District Council in view of the latter authority having become an Excepted District for Education; and what decision he has reached on the matter.
§ Sir E. BoyleIn reply to his letter received on 11th March, I have informed the writer that when the Scheme of Divisional Administration becomes law he will, in my view of the law, no longer be eligible to be a Councillor of the Easington Rural District Council.