§ 13. Major Petoasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been directed to the Birmingham City Council's scheme of regularly-paid foster-mothers; and whether, in view of the difficulty of securing foster-mothers, he will consider recommending the plan to other local authorities?
§ The Minister of Health (Mr. E. Brown)I am well aware of the Birmingham foster-mother scheme, which was approved by my Department in 1935. I shall be prepared to approve schemes with the same object devised with the same care, if they are submitted to me.