§ Lord HENRY CAVENDISH-BENTINCKasked whether Article 2 (1) of the Report of the Departmental Committee on the Orders Relating to the Administration of Relief would, if embodied in an Order, compel the guardians to refuse out-relief to persons of sixty-five years and upwards who, though suffering from no physical disability, are by reason of their age unable to obtain employment?
§ Mr. BURNSBoards of guardians are not at present empowered to give outdoor relief on the ground that the applicant has attained the age of sixty-five years. Under Article I. of the Prohibitory Order, which is in force in 528 of the 644 Unions in England and Wales, boards of guardians are precluded from giving outdoor relief to the able-bodied, except in certain specified cases. The Article in the draft Order to which the Noble Lord refers is substantially the same, except that it expressly allows out-relief to be given in the case of infirmity arising from old age.
§ Mr. MORRELLIs it not proposed to restrict the outdoor relief?