§ MR. MACFARLANEasked the Vice President of the Committee of Council, If any of the Board Schools in the Island of Skye are now being used as barracks for Her Majesty's troops; and, if this is true, what other accommodation is provided for the children?
§ MR. MUNDELLAThe following telegram has been received from the Procurator Fiscal at Portree:—
Marines quartered during night only in Board School at Uig; no interference with children who are taught in said school during the day; no other school used.In reply to a further Question,
§ MR. MUNDELLAsaid, the School Board could loan a school for any purpose if it did not interfere with its educational purposes.
§ MR. MACFARLANEsaid, he wished to ask a Question arising out of the answer. A school was loaned to him for a public meeting at night. An action was taken against the School Board for doing so, and judgment was given against them at Edinburgh. Would the right hon. Gentleman say whether the judgment was a lawful one or not? What he wished to ask was, whether a School Board could be guilty of any irregularity in so loaning a school?
§ MR. MUNDELLAreplied, that the Question did not arise out of the answer, and he asked that Notice should be given of it.