HC Deb 17 March 1887 vol 312 c515
MR. T. E. ELLIS (Merionethshire)

asked the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education, Whether he can state what "specific subjects" have been sanctioned by the Education Department other than those mentioned in Article 15 of the Education Code?

THE VICE PRESIDENT (Sir WILLIAM HART DYKE) (Kent, Dartford)

The Returns for the last three years show that bookkeeping, theology, German, hygiene, navigation, physiography, social economy, and Welsh have been included in the subjects specially sanctioned by the Education Department.

MR. W. ABRAHAM (Glamorgan, Rhondda)

asked, whether instructions in Welsh would be definitely entered in the Code?

SIR WILLIAM HART DYKE

said, he thought that he had just shown that this was practically included.

MR. W. ABRAHAM

All that we ask is that it should be included in the Code.