§ MR. J. G. TALBOTasked the Vice President of the Council, Whether it is true that 1853 the School Board of Birmingham have prohibited any teachers in their employment from giving religious teaching out of as well as during the school hours; and, whether any provision is made for the religious teaching of the 22,000 children on the books of the schools belonging to that School Board?
§ VISCOUNT SANDONMy hon. Friend asks me an important Question. I must remind him that the Education Department, under the present law, is not concerned with the religious teaching of the children; and I, therefore, have no special means of giving the information asked for. A Return, however, which was ordered by the House on the Motion of the hon. Member for Plymouth (Mr. S. Lloyd), will shortly be in the hands of hon. Members, and will, I believe, give him the information desired.