§ Mr. HOUSTONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will, during the Committee stage of the National Insurance Bill, consider the question of the comparatively diminishing birth rate of children born to healthy, sober, and industrious parents, and the increasing birth rate of children born to feebleminded, imbecilic, inebriate, diseased, and criminal parents, constituting a danger to and an impoverishment of the nation; whether he will consider the scientific methods adopted by the Legislatures of the States of Indiana, California, and Connecticut, and which measures are also being considered by the States of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Oregon, of the United States of America; and whether he will consider the desirability of dealing with and remedying this evil, thereby relieving the burden of taxation and rating upon the sober, healthy, and industrious portion of the community?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI am afraid that I cannot undertake to deal with this important question in connection with Health Insurance.