§ MR. FINDLAY (Lanarkshire, N.E.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether, in cases of relief to widows with young children, the Local Government Board will use its influence and see that outdoor relief be given to suitable cases of such an amount as will enable the home to be kept on, instead of offering the poor-house; and whether such influence will be used incase 43,145 brought under the notice of the Secretary to the Local Government Board, Edinburgh, on 14th March and in previous communications.
*MR. SCOTT DICKSONI beg to refer the hon. Member to the circular issued by the Local Government Board for Scotland on June 5th, 1902, which specially dealt with the relief of widows with young children. The Local Government Board have endeavoured to secure that due effect should be given to the views therein expressed in the case referred to by the hon. Member.