§ 55. Lieut.-Colonel FREMANTLEasked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the procedure whereby destitute families receive relief in money and in kind from three separate authorities, namely, boards of guardians, education authorities, and borough or urban and rural district councils, commonly results in an uneconomic and defective dietary; and whether he proposes to take any steps to centralise the organisations concerned, with a view to a better physiological use of the resources available?
§ Sir A. MONDI am aware that in certain circumstances assistance may be given to destitute families from the three sources mentioned, but the particular result suggested by my hon. and gallant Friend has not been brought to my notice, and steps are being taken so far as practicable to prevent overlapping.
§ Lieut.-Colonel FREMANTLEIn the steps taken to prevent overlapping is any definite basis laid down as to the physiological requirements for men in active work as described by the Committee of the Royal Society?
§ Sir A. MONDWe are trying to avoid overlapping in the giving of relief, but I do not quite connect the latter part of the question of the hon. and gallant Member with that policy.
§ Lieut.-Colonel FREMANTLEMay I send a copy of the results of the investigations to which I refer to the right hon. Gentleman for his consideration?
§ Sir A. MONDI shall be delighted.