§ MR. SINCLAIR (Falkirk, &c.)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether, considering that the Scotch Education Code for 1888 was only laid on the Table of the House on the 6th of March, that it was distributed to Members on the 20th of March, and was, therefore, not received by any of the important School Boards in Scotland until the 21st of March, he would, in view of the fact that the only day after the Easter holidays when the subject of the Code could be discussed would be the first day after the House met, postpone the date of its coming into force from the 6th to the 13th of April?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster), in reply, said, he had received very short Notice of the Question, and had not an opportunity of communicating with the Department; but he would endeavour to give effect to the wish expressed in the Question; and he had very little doubt, unless there was some overwhelming Departmental difficulty, that the Code would not come into operation till the 13th of April. He would do all he could in the matter.
§ MR. SINCLAIRsaid, there was not only the question of the Code coming into operation, but there was also the question of raising a discussion in the House.
§ MR. W. H. SMITHpointed out that if the Code did not come into operation till the 13th there would be the greater interval during which to find an opportunity for discussion.