HC Deb 10 December 1931 vol 260 cc2081-2W
Mr. DORAN

asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the anomalies prevailing in the amounts awarded by various public assistance committees, he will define a fixed scale of awards?

Mr. G. MACDONALD

asked the Minister of Labour if he will issue a circular recommending that where an unemployed person on transitional benefit lives in a house occupied by more than one family the income of each family shall be treated separately under the means test?

Mr. HUDSON

As already stated in the House, my right hon. Friend has no power to issue instructions to local authorities on these matters.