§ MR. BILL (Staffordshire, Leek)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education, with reference to the Circular just issued to Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools regarding schools not under Government inspection, whether it is intended immediately on receipt of the Reports of the Inspectors to disqualify those schools which are found to be defective in accommodation or instruction, or whether, following the precedent hitherto observed in the case of voluntary schools, a period of grace will be allowed them in which to meet the requirements of the Department?
§ MR. ACLANDIn districts where a deficiency of school accommodation is caused by the disqualification of unin- 1563 spected schools, notices will be issued in the ordinary way under Section 9 of the Act of 1870, and the usual opportunity will, therefore, be given for the voluntary supply of the deficiency by existing schools being brought into conformity with the requirements of the Department.