Mr. PALMERasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the circumstances associated with the deaths in Bermondsey of a family of three, a man named Ayles, his wife, and their infant son; whether it is alleged that they died of starvation owing to the failure of the system of Poor Law relief; and whether he will cause an inquiry to be held, with a view to making such amendment of the law as will serve to prevent the recurrence of a like tragedy?
§ Dr. ADDISONYes, Sir. May I refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave yesterday to the Noble Lord the Member for South Battersea (Viscount Curzon)?
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