§ MR. TALBOT (Oxford University)To ask die President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been drawn to the condition of the nursing of the sick poor in the workhouses, especially in those which contain only a small number of such inmates; what action has been taken, in accordance with the recommendations of the Departmental Committee which reported on this subject in November, 1902; and whether he can give an assurance that early steps will be taken to carry out those recommendations.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) After the Report of the Departmental Committee was issued a considerable number of representations were received by the Department in connection
†See (4)Debates,CXXXVIII.,258.1370 with the recommendations of the Committee, and an Order dealing with the subject is in preparation.