Mr. T. F. RICHARDSasked the President of the Local Government Board whether he has yet had time to consider the case of Nurse Steward, who has been employed by the Wolverhampton, Wools-ton and Burslem, Dudley, Newport Abbot, and Rugby workhouses for a period amounting to 11 years and 10 months, and who has been certified by several medical men as unfit for further workhouse service as a nurse; whether he can see his way clear to grant this person her pension; whether he is also aware that this case has been under consideration since June; and what action, if any, does he intend to take in the matter?
§ Mr. BURNSI have been in communication with the parties with respect to this matter, and will give my decision in the course of the next few days. I will send a copy of it to my hon. Friend.