§ Mr. HOGGEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he has received a resolution of protest from the board of management of the Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, against the request of the local war pensions committee to admit a discharged soldier into that hospital, which stated that unless it could be arranged the soldier must go to Kirkham workhouse infirmary; and whether some of the money expended by the War Office in the building or hire of large offices could be utilised in securing accommodation for men who have served their country in other institutions than workhouses?
§ Sir A. GRIFFITH-BOSCAWENI have taken steps to secure that the man referred to shall not be treated in a Poor Law institution. As the hon. Member is no doubt aware, explicit instructions were issued last month to local committees on this subject.