HC Deb 21 March 1887 vol 312 c832
MR. W. ABRAHAM (Glamorgan, Rhondda)

asked the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education, Whether Welsh will be included among the class subjects under Article 15 of the Education Code now lying upon the Table of the House?

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

The hon. Member is aware that Welsh is now a "specific subject"—that is, it is taught to individual scholars, and grants are made in respect of each child who passes; but I am not prepared to make Welsh a "class subject," and, therefore, to refuse all giants unless the language is taught throughout the school.