HC Deb 14 August 1893 vol 16 c134
MR. KEIR BARDIE (West Ham, S.)

I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he can now state the extent of the powers possessed by Boards of Guardians for setting able-bodied destitute persons to work on land, and in a productive capacity, and paying them reasonable wages therefor; and whether such employment necessarily implies disfranchisement?

MR. H. H. FOWLER

I am not yet in a position to answer that question.

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