§ 10. Lady Apsleyasked the Minister of Pensions, if he will consider entrusting the War Pensions Committee with the care and administration of war orphans, as after the last war; and whether there is any objection to such procedure.
§ Sir W. WomersleyI have appointed to my staff a number of specially trained officers to assist me in discharging my responsibility towards war orphans, and I am glad to say that with the present number of orphans the problem is well within the capacity of these officers. It is not therefore necessary to place this burden on voluntary workers, but, if the numbers should unfortunately increase to a very substantial extent, I will gladly avail myself again of the help which was so readily and ably given in the past.