§ Mr. LANSBURYasked the President of the Local Government Board if his attention has been called to the refusal of the Bethnal Green Board of Guardians to grant outdoor relief to Mrs. Eliza Frazer, a widow, who is also a cripple and sixty-five years of age; that her son, who has been her mainstay, is out of work, that arrears of rent are owing, and that very soon the woman may be turned into the streets; whether any officers connected with the Local Government Board have investigated the case; and, if so, what was the nature of their Report; and has any pressure been brought to bear upon the Bethnal Green Board of Guardians to induce them to grant adequate outdoor relief to Mrs. Frazer?
§ Mr. BURNSI have received a letter from Mrs. Frazer's son with regard to his mother's application for relief, and I have sent a copy of it to the board of guardians. I may remind the hon. Member that the Local Government Board are expressly 1721W prohibited by Statute from interfering in any individual case for the purpose of ordering relief.