(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNlC MAJESTY'S' GOVERNMENT) ECRET COPY NO. L.P.(42)211 23rd September, 1942. WAR CABINET LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE Application of Determination of Needs Act, 1941, to Public Assistance. Memorandum by the Minister of Health and the Secretary of State for Scotland. 1. The Committee will recollect that at their meeting on 22nd May (L.P.(42) 30th Meeting, Conclusion 2) they had before them a Joint Memorandum prepared by us regarding suggestions which had come from various quarters, including the Labour Party, that Public Assistance Authorities should be required to apply the principles of the Determination of Needs Act in granting poor relief.