§ MR. COBB (Warwick, S.E., Rugby)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether, having regard to Amendments which stand upon the Paper on the Committee stage of the Local Government (England and Wales) Bill, he can state if it is the intention of the Government to bring in a separate Bill as to the user, by the inhabitants of any parish, of the schoolrooms of the elementary schools in 1275 the parish receiving a Parliamentary Grant, for political, social, and other public meetings; and, if so, whether he can state approximately when the Bill will be introduced?
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Mr. ACLAND,) York, W.R., RotherhamThe Government intend to bring in a Bill to enable the schoolrooms of elementary schools receiving a Parliamentary Grant to be used for public meetings. It will be remembered that the late Government accepted a Resolution on this subject. A Bill has been drafted, and I hope to introduce it next Session.