§ 55. Mr. LOVAT-FRASERasked the Minister of Health if his attention has 532 been called to the fact that the public assistance committee of Huntingdonshire has, in defiance of the Ministry, decided to convert part of the workhouse at St. Neots into a home for Poor Law children; and whether he proposes to sanction this action?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the second part, I am in communication with the county council as regards the best methods consistent with economy of providing for Poor Law children in the county.
§ Sir ERNEST SHEPPERSONIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the public assistance committee of Huntingdonshire have taken this action purely and solely in the interests of economy?