§ Mr. Palmerasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to stop the practice of candidates for local government office being supplied temporarily by political organisations with plots of land, to ensure qualification for electoral nomination, under circumstances where this would be normally absent.
§ Mr. MacCollQualification for local government membership is a matter which is within the terms of reference of the Committee on the Management of Local Government under the chairmanship of Sir John Maud, and my right hon. Friend thinks it right to await publication of their report before giving it consideration.