§ SIR J. SWINBURNE (Staffordshire, Lichfield)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether his attention has been called to the evidence given in the inquest on the body of James Harry Russell, aged eight years and nine months, in which it was stated that the lad had been hit about the head with a strap and a stick by the schoolmaster of the Shenstone School, near Lichfield; and whether it is the intention of the Education Department to take any action in reference to this matter?
§ SIR W. HART DYKEThe facts of this case have not been brought under the notice of the Department, and in the absence of evidence I am unable to answer the question.
§ SIR J. SWINBURNEI can supply the information that was given at the inquest.