§ 33. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Minister of Health whether he has seen a report of a recent meeting of the Tamworth Board of Guardians, in which it was stated that the number of casuals was nearly double and that the overcrowding was serious, and that the vice-chairman pointed out that if Lichfield and Atherstone casual wards were re-opened it would relieve the pressure and that men were taken before the magistrates through those wards not being re-opened; and will he cause those wards to be re-opened?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of HEALTH (Sir Kingsley Wood)My right hon. Friend has seen a newspaper report of the meeting to which the hon. and gallant Member refers, but he has received no representations from the guardians or the vagrancy committee on this subject. If such representations are made, they will receive my right hon. Friend's careful consideration, but the information at present before him does not support the view that the re-opening of the Lichfield or Atherstone casual wards would relieve the situation at Tamworth.