§ 77. Mr. HURDasked the President of the Board of Education what local authorities in England have co-operated with local purveyors of milk in supplying schools with milk at low cost, and with what resulting benefit to the children?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANI am aware that schemes of this kind have been established in a considerable number of areas, but my information does not enable me to give a list of authorities. There is no doubt as to the physical benefit to the children which results.
§ Mr. HARRISWill the right hon. Baronet through the Department collect the information, because this is a very interesting and important experiment?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANI will consider it, but I am not sure that it is worth the trouble.
§ Mr. HURDDoes not experience show that owing to the improved health of the children under a milk diet their better attendance taken as a whole is about equivalent to the extra year of school age which the Government now proposes to make compulsory?