Colonel LONGasked the President of the Local Government Board whether, pending legislation dealing with the care-of the feeble-minded and epileptics, he will decline to sanction any new Poor Law buildings for the accommodation of such cases, or the establishment of any new combinations of Poor Law unions or other local authorities with a view to dealing with such cases, until it is decided by legislation whether Recommendation XXVIII. of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-minded (England and Wales) should become law?
§ Mr. BURNSIf any proposal of the kind referred to in the question is made to me I will bear in mind the recommendation made by the Royal Commission; but I do not think I could properly undertake that, pending legislation, I will in no case sanction the provision of new buildings for persons of the class mentioned or the establishment of new combinations for the purpose of dealing with them.