(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT). SECRET. L.P.(43) 51 3rd March, 1943. COPY NO. 66 WAR CABINET LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE. APPLICATION OF THE DETERMINATION OF NEEDS ACT, 1941, TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland. 1. At their meeting on 26th February (L.P.(43) 12th Meeting, Item 3) the Committee asked the Minister of Health and myself to circulate statements of the views of the Local Authorities on the proposal to extend to Public Assistance the provisions of the Determination of Needs Act, so far as they are known.