Lieutenant-Colonel M. J. WILSONasked the President of the Local Government Board whether it is the intention of the Government to adopt the recommendations of the Departmental Committee on the Welfare of the Blind (1917), in regard to grants-in-aid for the training, employment, and relief of the blind?
§ Dr. ADDISONAs indicated in my reply to the hon. Member for Newcastle Central on the 5th instant, the Advisory Committee is engaged in working out 1471W schemes, in co-operation with the Board, for the disbursement of such grants-in-aid as may be sanctioned by the Treasury in respect of various forms of assistance to the blind.