HC Deb 14 October 1912 vol 42 cc802-3W
Mr. LANSBURY

asked the President of the Local Government Board whether an Order has been drafted regulating the admission of persons to workhouses; if so, whether he will communicate the terms of the draft to this House; and whether this House will have an opportunity of discussing it, if it so desires, before the Order is put into force?

Mr. BURNS

I understand that the Departmental Committee appointed to examine the existing Poor Law Orders with a view to their consolidation and amendment contemplate the drafting of an Order dealing with the management of Poor Law institutions and the general duties of officers, but I have not yet received any Report from them on the subject.