§ SIR THOMAS ESMONDE (Dublin Co., S.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if it would be possible to make arrangements for drafting through the workhouses to homes, certificated for the purpose, paupers who are very old or so infirm as to be likely to remain inmates of the workhouses for the rest of their lives?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. RITCHIE,) Tower Hamlets, St. George'sI do not gather clearly, from the question of the hon. Member, what are the homes to which he refers; but, probably, he has in his mind homes of the character of the schools which are provided by voluntary agency, and to which, when the schools are certified by the Local Government Board, children in receipt of relief may be sent by the Guardians contributing to the cost of the maintenance of the children. I am not aware, however, that there are any such homos suitable for the purpose referred to; but, if there were, I should be prepared to give the subject my careful consideration.