Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 9 July 1964.
Will the right hon. Gentleman have another look at this? Is he not aware that many of the people engaged in these extremely important studies, which are essential to the welfare of children, and on probation work, are mostly over the age of 21? How can he expect them to be maintained by their parents? As the parents cannot be compelled to maintain them in the legal sense, how does he expect those concerned to be able to carry on their studies if the income of their parents has to be taken into consideration in this way?