MR. TALBOTI beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether he will inquire into 1245 the requirement made upon the managers of Butley School, Suffolk, with regard to alterations; whether it is necessary to make it a condition of approval of such requirements that they must be in exact accordance with the technical requirements of Schedule VII. of the Code; and whether he will save expense and trouble to the managers by giving or withholding approval of the proposed alterations before they are made?
§ MR. ACLANDIt has been laid down in the Code since 1890 that all new school premises and enlargements must conform generally to the Rules contained in Schedule VII. The plans sent up by the managers appear not to have been drawn in accordance with the requirements of Schedule VII., and, moreover, seem, so far as can be judged from the correspondence, to have been not very intelligible. But if the plans are again forwarded to the Department, I will see what further information can be given to the managers.