§ 17. Mr. GROVESasked the Minister of Health whether stone breaking and oakum picking is entirely abolished in the casual wards of the workhouses of England and Wales?
Lieut. - Colonel Sir A. LAMBERT WARD (Lord of the Treasury)I have been asked to reply. Oakum picking is no longer permitted as a task for casuals. Stone breaking is allowed only under the conditions suggested by the recent Departmental Committee on the Relief of the Casual Poor, and is at present practised within those limits in three casual wards.
§ Mr. GROVESCan the hon. and gallant Gentleman tell me if there is any profit attaching to this work?
§ Sir A. LAMBERT WARDI will convey that question to my right hon. Friend.