§ MR. RANKIN (Herefordshire, Leominster)asked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether the Local Government Board declines to certify any school or home under 25 & 26 Vict. c. 43, if the children at that school or home are sent out to any of the elementary schools in the neighbourhood; and, whether, if that is so, the Local Government Board will consider the desirability of relaxing the Rule?
§ THE PRESIDENT (Mr. RITCHIE) (Tower Hamlets, St. George's)It is not the case that it is the practice of the Local Government Board to refuse to certify a school under the 25 & 26 Vict. c. 43, on the ground that the children are sent out to an elementary school in the neighbourhood. There are many cases in which schools have been certified by the Board where the arrangement exists; but the statute only applies to schools; and to constitute an institution a "school," if there is no mental instruction given, the Board consider that there must be skilled industrial training.