§ 34. Mr. Hastingsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the committee which he has appointed to inquire into cruelty and neglect of children in their own homes will be reporting; and whether the report will be available to Members of the House of Commons.
§ Mr. EdeThe working party of officials of the Home Office and other Departments to which I referred in the Debate on cruelty to children on 12th December has just submitted a report, which I propose to consider with the other Ministers concerned. The report, which is of the nature of recommendations made by officials to their Minister, will not be published, but I will as soon as possible inform the House of the conclusions which my colleagues and I reach on these recommendations.