§ MR. JEFFREYS (Hants, Basingstoke)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Educa- 1234 tion whether he is aware that some of Her Majesty's School Inspectors have reported that diamond panes should be removed from national school windows and be replaced by ordinary square glass windows; whether he has considered that this would cause great expense to the school managers; and whether any special instructions have been issued by the Council to the Inspectors on this matter?
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Mr. ACLAND,) York, W. R., RotherhamThe Department have for many years past recommended that diamond or leaded panes should be avoided, as they obstruct light to some extent, are not always impervious to weather, and are not easy to keep clean. But their use is not objected to in moderation—for example, in the upper parts of the windows. No special instructions have been issued to Inspectors on the point. In some cases Inspectors have probably recommended the replacement of diamond by ordinary panes, on the above grounds, where the existing windows were not weathertight, or let in insufficient light.