HC Deb 10 August 1905 vol 151 c964
DR. THOMPSON

asked the First Lord of the Treasury if, in the event of no separate Royal Commission being appointed for Ireland or Scotland, he would take care that a full and searching inquiry into the whole Poor Law systems of both countries would be assured by the investigations of the promised Royal Commission for England.

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

I think the reference to the Commission will enable it to make a complete survey of the whole problem of the relief of distress.

MR. EDMUND ROBERTSON

Will there be only one Commission?

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

Yes, Sir, that is the direction in which I incline at present. I believe the common opinion inclines in that direction also.