§ MR. GRANTHAMasked the Vice President of the Council of Education, Whether he can name a day on which an Address can be moved to Her Majesty on the subject of the Dulwich Scheme; and, if not, what steps he will take to enable the subject to be brought before 1257 the House during the period of forty days, at the expiration of which the scheme will become Law?
§ MR. MUNDELLASir, the Dulwich Scheme was laid on the Table on the 1st of June, and the statutory period will not expire till the 31st of July. It is not incumbent on the Government to find an opportunity for discussing these schemes; and my hon. and learned Friend will not expect me, in the present state of Public Business, to ask the Prime Minister for special facilities for that purpose. I shall be very glad, however, to assist him, as far as I am able, to find an opportunity for bringing the scheme before the House. I have conferred with my hon. Friend the Member for Grantham (Mr. Roundell) and my hon. Friend the Member for the Tower Hamlets (Mr. Bryce), and they are willing to withdraw their opposition to his Motion, so that it may come on after half-past 12 o'clock on some night that may be mutually agreed upon. My hon. and learned Friend is aware that this scheme has occupied years of negotiation and deliberation to bring it to its present stage, and it would be a real calamity to the interests of education in the locality if a final settlement were not now arrived at.