HC Deb 10 May 1864 vol 175 c259
LORD ROBERT CECIL

said, he rose to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education, When the "Supplementary Rules," recently issued by the Committee of Council, will be laid upon the table; and whether he will consent to defer the operation of those Rules until they had been laid upon the table?

MR. H. A. BRUCE

said, in reply, that these Rules had been published, and there was no reason why they should not be laid on the table immediately. They had been already in operation some time, and consequently their operation could not be deferred. They had been drawn up in consequence of recommendations which had reached the Board from the managers and masters of a great many of the schools.

LORD ROBERT CECIL

said, he wished to know whether the right hon. Gentleman denied that the Rules had the operation of withdrawing the grant in certain cases, and diminishing it in others?

MR. H. A. BRUCE

said, he was not aware that they had that effect.