§ MR. W. THORNEI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been called to the Carlisle Board of Guardians proposing a grant of 5s. weekly to the deserving poor above seventy years of age in consequence fo the Old-Age Pension Act inflicting hardships in disqualifying paupers and whether it is the intention of the Local Government Board to prevent the Carlisle Board of Guardians carrying out their proposals.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSMy attention has been called to this matter. I do not think it would be a proper exercise of the powers of the guardians to order a fixed weekly sum as out-relief to all persons above a certain age to whom 1361 that form of relief is given. The amount of the relief in any particular case should be determined by the necessities of that case. Although in some instances the conditions might be such that the proposed relief would be needed, in others this would not be so, and in the latter cases the additional relief could not properly be given. I have informed the guardians accordingly.