§ Captain TERRELLasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department, as representing the Ministry of Health, whether his attention has been called to the assertions that the old habitual tramps are disappearing and in their places are appearing genuine ex-service men tramping the country in search of work; and, seeing that the food allotted to casuals in some counties is inadequate to afford sufficient nourishment, at all events in the case of ex-service men, he will see that a better standard of food is introduced?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS:My right hon. Friend is aware that among the men tramping the country in search of work there is a proportion of genuine ex-service men, and special arrangements have been made for these men. A uniform system of diet was prescribed for the whole country by the Casual Paupers Order, 1914, and if my right hon. Friend is furnished with information as to any 67W counties in which that dietary is not observed he will make immediate inquiries.