MR. PIKE PEASETo ask the President of the Local Government Board whether the recommendations of the Departmental Committee on Vagrancy anent the setting up of farm colonies will be considered by the Government when framing any fresh legislation upon the Poor Law.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) The vagrant question forms part of the general problem of the relief of the poor, and must, I think, necessarily be considered in connection with any proposed Poor Law legislation.