40. Major HOPEasked the Secretary for Scotland whether parish councils in Scotland, in granting outdoor relief to a person entitled to benefit under the National Insurance Act, should only take into consideration such benefit in so far as it exceeds 5s. a week, as boards of guardians in 1869 England are instructed to do under Clause 109 of the National Insurance Act?
The SECRETARY for SCOTLAND (Mr. McKinnon Wood)I am advised that Section 109 of the National Insurance Act does not apply to Scotland. I am making further inquiry as to the views and practice of parish councils in regard to the matter.