§ SIR R. TEMPLEI beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether the Report of the inquiry into the Westfield School, at Woking, was adverse to the erection of a new school; whether he will authorise the managers to renew the lease to the School Board, with the provision that the hours and conditions of the religious instruction shall remain the same as heretofore; and whether, as an alternative, he will allow 1478 the managers to provide from their own resources any additional accommodation that may be required, or whether, failing that, he will permit the matter to stand over till after the next School Board election?
§ MR. ACLANDThe Report was adverse to the erection of the new school proposed by the School Board, but suggested the erection of an infant school by the Board. The Education Department has communicated with the School Board (enclosing a copy of the Report) in reference to the renewal of the lease, and now await a reply from the School Board. The action of the Department will depend upon the nature of that reply. The Department understand from the School Board that they are in communication with the managers of the school. I cannot, therefore, at present answer paragraphs 2 and 3 of the question.