§ 84. Dr. Kingasked the Minister of Health whether he will take steps to transfer to national charge the cost of maintaining distressed British persons arriving from abroad at Southampton and temporarily cared for there, which at present falls wholly on the Southampton Welfare Services Committee.
§ Mr. BevanThe cost already falls partly on the Exchequer since persons not 217W able to pay the local authority for their accommodation receive assistance from the National Assistance Board.