§ MR. C. B. B. McLAREN (Leicester, Bosworth)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether his attention has been called to the case of the Parish Council of Sapcote, in Leicestershire, who were refused by the Rector of the parish the use of one of the three church schoolrooms on the first and third Tuesday in the month, on the ground that a Bible-class was usually held in the smallest of the three rooms on those nights, and who, having accordingly altered their day of meeting to Wednesday, and having given 13 days notice of this to the Rector, found the door looked by him on the first actual night of meeting, and were informed by the Rector through the locked door that they could not enter because a tea was being held in some part of the building; and whether the Education Department have laid down any rules under Section 4 (3) of the Act of last Session as to what is reasonable notice?
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Mr. A. H. D. ACLAND, York, W. R., Rotherham)No question has as yet been referred to the Education Department from Sapcote. The Department has explained, through a circular, what would be considered reasonable notice under the Local Government Act of 1894, with a view to the avoidance of friction as far as possible in these cases. I am sending the hon. Member copies of this circular.