§ 51. Mr. ANDERSONasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether his attention has been drawn to the number of cases recently in which the children of soldiers have been killed whilst their mothers were at work; whether this matter has been the subject of comment by the Southwark coroner; whether the problem of mothers of young children being driven to wage-earning has been aggravated by the fact that the rise in food prices and the general rise in the 574 cost of living has reduced the purchasing value of the present scale of allowances,, pensions, and other payments; and whether he proposes to take any steps to make it possible financially for the mothers to remain at home with their children?
§ Mr. FORSTERNo, Sir; I have no in formation to show that there is abnormal mortality from this cause.