Assistance Board Advisory Committees (Meetings)

HC Deb 26 November 1946 vol 430 c279W

153. Mr. T. Lewis

asked the Minister of National Insurance the number of meetings held by the Assistance Board Advisory Committee for the Southampton area since 1939, giving the number for each year

Mr. J. Griffiths

This Committee met in 1939 and once in each of the years 1940, 1942 and 1944. Meetings of advisory committees generally were curtailed during the war. Though few formal meetings were held, individual members were consulted as occasion arose by the Board's local officers on particular problems. The Board have recently reviewed the work of advisory committees and are revising their arrangements with a view to bringing the members into closer touch with the day-to-day work in the local offices.