§ MR. W. EWARTsaid, he would beg to inquire whether it was the intention of the Government, on going into Committee on the Education Estimates this year, to cause a statement to be made by a Minister of the Crown of the progress and prospects of education, and of institutions connected therewith, in conformity with the understanding 1926 entered into and partly carried into execution in former years?
§ SIR GEORGE GREYsaid, the Estimates had been made, and would in due course be laid before the House. In the Estimates of the present year there would be a more detailed statement than on previous occasions, and, if any further explanations were found necessary, they should be given when the question next came before the House. As to the latter part of the question, he might say that he could not take that duty upon himself, but if Parliament would sanction the proposal for the new office of a Minister of Education, the subject would be attended to in a comprehensive form. He could not tell when the Estimates would be brought on, but he believed they might be taken the first night the House went into Committee of Supply.