§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware that the Shieldaig (Ross-shire) public school had on the 11th instant been closed for over 14 days, and as yet the School Board of Apple-cross has taken no steps to get it reopened, though the parents are anxious to send their children to school, there 323 being no epidemic of illness of any kind or other tangible reason to account for the irregularity; and that, throughout the intense cold that has recently prevailed in that part of the country, there has been no fire in the schoolroom; whether, in consequence, there is a danger of the school losing the Government grant; and whether inquiry will be made into this state of affairs?
§ THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Sir G. TREVELYAN,) Glasgow, BridgetonThe Department has received a letter in regard to the circumstances referred to in the hon. Member's question, and are now in correspondence with the School Board on the subject.