§ 10. Mr. DENNISONasked the President of the Board of Education if any part of the Lord Mayor's Relief Fund has been or will be available for distressed iron and steel workers and their families throughout the counties of Staffordshire, Lincolnshire, Salop and Yorkshire?
§ Lord E. PERCYThe operation of the Lord Mayor's Fund is confined to distressed mining areas, which include certain areas in the counties of Staffordshire, Salop and Yorkshire. Within those areas assistance from the fund will be available for all distressed families in cases of proved necessity.
§ Mr. DENNISONIn view of the well-known distress existing among this class of workpeople not resident within these areas and the fact that the fund is being contributed to by the taxpayers' money, will the Noble Lord see that all cases of distress equally participate in the available relief?
§ Lord E. PERCYThe answer is that the money was voted by the House for the relief of distressed mining areas and cannot be extended.
§ Mr. DENNISONBearing in mind that we have not yet had defined what is a 1112 mining area, will the Noble Lord see that the House is supplied with this information?
§ Lord E. PERCYIf the hon. Member refers to an answer I gave to a question two or three days ago, he will see a statement of all the areas to which the fund has now been extended.