§ Mr. JOWETTasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that women who have been entrusted with grants of money for payment to widows of soldiers out of the Royal Patriotic Fund have, in some cases, assumed the right to invest almost the whole amount entrusted to them in the War Loan; whether he is aware that, acting on this assumption, a certain Miss Boswell refused to allow Mrs. Gill, of 54, Appian Road, Bow, to draw 10s. out of a sum of money due to her and which she required for the purpose of providing medical attendance and proper nourishment for a sick daughter; and if he will make it known that pressure of this sort ought not to be used on dependants of soldiers and sailors to compel them to invest money in the War Loan?
§ Mr. MONTAGUMy attention has not previously been called to any case of the kind referred to in the question. I am, however, asking the Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation to look into the matter.