§ MR. H. J. WILSONI beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether any addition to, or alteration in, the Building Rules of the new Code of this year affect existing schools, either Board or voluntary; and whether they will add to the expense of new schools that may be built in the future?
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Mr. A. H. D. ACLAND,) York, W.R., RotherhamThe additions and alterations in the Building Rules of the new Code only affect new buildings or enlargements, and do not apply to existing schools, whether Board or voluntary. The changes are few and of an unimportant character, and are mainly rather by way of suggestion, than compulsory. The Consulting Architect of the Department, by whose advice they were made, states that they will in no way add to the expense of new schools or enlargements. I may call attention to one change, which requires that the doors of schools shall open outwards. In view of the possibility of panics or fire, now that evening meetings in many schools are very frequent, it is desirable that this rule should be applied to all schools as far as possible.