§ 59. Mr. Bishopasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department by what criteria he fixed the sum to be paid to the National Marriage Guidance Council for the preservation of marriage and family life at £42,000 a year; and what sum it is estimated will be allocated in the coming year for those seeking legal aid for divorce.
§ Miss BaconThe grant proposed represents just over half the Council's estimated annual average expenditure over the next two years. It is of course by no means the only public expenditure undertaken for the preservation of marriage and family life. The estimated cost to the State in 1966–67 of legal aid in divorce cases, after allowing for the estimated recovery during the year of outstanding costs, is about £2 million.