§ 62. Major CARVERasked the hon. Member for the Bosworth Division of Leicester, as representing the Charity Commissioners, whether the City Parochial Charities Fund will give assistance out of their revenues to the work for the unemployed, organised by Toc H at All Hallows Church, in the City, where 7,500 cases have been helped?
§ Mr. BLINDELL (Lord of the Treasury)I have been asked to reply. The trustees of the City Parochial Charities are the body to decide to which of the purposes authorised by the scheme under which the charities are administered the income shall be applied, and the amount of the grants to be made. The Commissioners have ascertained that the trustees have already made a grant of £5,000 to the National Council of Social Service for allocation to schemes approved by that council for the benefit of the unemployed in the more populous districts of the Metropolitan Police area The calls on the income at the disposal of the trustees are very heavy, and the 2041 Commissioners understand that it is unlikely that any further grant will be made for the unemployed during this year at any rate.
§ Major CARVERIs the hon. Member aware that London, the greatest city in the world, has handed over its ancient charities, which are intended for the poor, to a committee who are not disposing of them as they should; and can he recommend that funds from that committee should be allocated to this undenominational effort?
Mr. BLIND ELLI can only give the reply that the trustees are the body who decide these matters. I will convey my hon. Friend's statement to my hon. Friend the Member for Bosworth (Sir W. Edge).