§ 29. Mr. R. RICHARDSONasked the Minister of Health whether, in the Bill which he proposes to introduce for the reform of the administration of relief under the Poor Law, he will take care that the remedies and securities which the law gives to ensure that the necessitous poor shall obtain relief shall not in any way be diminished, and especially that the personal responsibility and liability of the relieving officer for neglect of his duty of relieving the poor, imposed by the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834, sections 43 and 98, and the General Consolidated Order, 24th July, 1847, Article 215, shall be fully preserved and maintained?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the question put by him on the 12th instant.
§ 34. Mr. H. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Health what proportion of the total persons benefiting from outdoor Poor Law relief are unemployed persons as distinct from the dependants of such persons?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINIt is estimated that, during the month of June, 1926, about 20 per cent. of the total number of persons in receipt of domiciliary Poor Law relief in England and Wales were unemployed persons as distinct from the dependants of such persons.
§ 44. Mr. WILLIAMSalso asked the Minister of Health when he proposes to circulate the draft of the Poor Law Reform Bill?