MR. CRUME-WINGsaid, he wished to ask the Lord Advocate, Whether, in consequence of a recent decision of the House of Peers, finding the practice which has prevailed in several Parochial Boards, in times of general distress, of granting at their own discretion assistance to able-bodied persons to be illegal, it is his intention to introduce such a measure as will render those proceedings lawful?
THE LORD ADVOCATEsaid, he understood the Question of the hon. Member to relate to a recent decision in regard to the right to give relief to the able-bodied poor, and he had to state that it was his intention to bring in a Bill on the subject.