§ MR. SNAPE (Lancashire, S.E., Hey wood)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether he is aware that the assistant mistress of the Horwich National School recently received notice from the head mistress that she must immediately leave her lodgings or lose her situation, because upon her own admission she was lodging with a Unitarian, the head mistress stating that she was or would be supported by the vicar in the matter; and whether the Department will take action to reverse this requirement and to prevent its recurrence?
§ * THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Mr. ACLAND,) York, W.R., RotherhamThe Department have no information as to the alleged occurrence. The responsibility with regard to appointment and dismissal of teachers rests, of course, with the managers of a school and not with the head teacher. If the managers of a school act in the manner described, the Department have at present no power to interfere. I am considering the question of bringing in a Bill at the first favourable opportunity, with the view of giving a reasonable degree of security of tenure to teachers, but I am not sure whether it would cover a case of this sort.