§ MR. GEORGE ROBERTS (Norwich)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been directed by the Norwich Distress Committee to the case of William George Jex, who was discharged from the 3rd Rifle Brigade at Devonport on 28th July, 1906, after serving six and a-half years with a character marked very good, and who is regarded as not possessing the necessary residential qualification for assistance under the Unemployed Workmen Act, though, with the exception of his term of Army service, he has resided all his life in the city; and whether, having regard to the hardship thus placed upon men who have served their country, he will take early steps to remove the restriction, thereby enabling such men to participate under the Act.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSMy attention has been called to the case mentioned, but I am not empowered to remove the restriction referred to in the Question, as this is imposed by the Act.