§ VISCOUNT CRANBORNEI beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether he is aware that under the Cardiganshire Scheme of Intermediate Education boys who may obtain County Scholarships in the Lampeter and Tregaron District are debarred from holding those Scholarships at the school of St. David's College, the only school in the district; also that the School Board of Lampeter passed a resolution condemning the proposal of the 121 joint County Education Committee to exclude St. David's School; on what grounds as Vice President has lie struck out of Clause 84 of the Scheme prepared by the Charity Commissioners the words which would have placed the school of St. David's College on the same footing as the county schools; and whether he will reconsider his decision?
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Mr. ACLAND, York, W.R.,) RotherhamAs the facts of the case are not quite correctly stated in the question, it may be as well that I should state what the facts are. Two alternative Schemes for the County of Cardigan were submitted—one drawn up by the Charity Commissioners, and the other by the joint Education Committee of the county. The scheme approved was the latter of the two, and no words were struck out of it. The former Scheme, however, did not any more than the latter contain words which would have placed St. David's College School on the same footing as the County School. Under either Scheme County Scholarships would not have been tenable at that school, as it is not a school governed by a Scheme under the Endowed Schools Act. The School Board of Lampeter recently passed a resolution to the effect stated in the question; but this was after the Scheme had been approved by the Department.