§ MR. TALBOT (Oxford University)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education, in view of the fact, in addition to other considerable improvements and alterations, the 752 Education Department are requiring the Managers of Weston Turville School, in the County of Buckingham, forthwith to paint the whole exterior of the school, will he state by what section of the Code this requirement of a matter which affects neither the comfort nor the wellbeing of the children is authorised?
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Mr. ACLAND, York, W.K., Rotherham)In the last letter of the Department to the School Managers (dated July 22nd) all that is required as regards the painting of the exterior of the building is that the external woodwork should be painted as soon as possible. A building can hardly be kept in a healthy condition, as required by Article 85 of the Code, if the windows are allowed to deteriorate for want of painting, but the Department will not press that the work should be done immediately, if the Managers consider that it can be properly held over for another year.