§ MR. TALBOTI beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council oil Education whether he has considered the strong expressions of opinion from the Lampeter and Pont Stephen United District Boards, and other Public Bodies, representing the district in question, against the decision to deprive the boys attending St. David's College School, Lampeter, of the benefit of the Intermediate County Scholarship Fund; and whether ho will reconsider a decision which appears to have caused so much dissatisfaction?
§ MR. ACLANDResolutions to the effect stated in the question were recently passed by the Lampeter Pont Stephen School Board, the Lampeter Town Council, and the Board of Guardians of the Lampeter Union; but the Scheme had been approved nearly three months previously. I gave an answer on the question generally on the 14th August. But I think the dates which I have stated will show that it is out of my power to reconsider the Scheme in question.
§ *MR. TALBOTWould not the Vice President meet the wishes of such a largo body of public opinion by introducing some modification of the Scheme?
§ MR. ACLANDIt is not in my power to alter the Scheme. I have to hoar the objections within a given period, which has now expired.
§ MR. TOMLINSON (Preston)Could not a supplementary Scheme be adopted?
§ MR. ACLANDIt is always possible to grant an amending Scheme, but it must go through the same process as an original Scheme.