§ VISCOUNT CRANBORNE (Lancashire, N.E., Darwen)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether he has consulted the Law Officers of the Crown as to the definition of "average attendance" in the Code of last year, upon which the amount of the fee grant depends under the new Education Act; and whether, in their opinion, that definition is in certain cases inconsistent with the general intention of the Act, that no existing school should be compelled to receive a less fee income than they did before its passing?
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Sir WILLIAM HART DYKE,) Kent, DartfordIn compliance with the undertaking which I have entered into, instructions have been given for the preparation of a case to be submitted to the Law Officers of the Crown.