§ MR. T. SNAPE (Lancashire, S. E., Heywood)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on 236 Education, whether the Royal Commission on Secondary Education has concluded its labours; whether the attention of the Royal Commissioners has been drawn to the hindrance to the development of Secondary Education which is caused by delay in the issuing of the Report, and the anxiety with which its publication is awaited; and whether he can say when the Report is likely to be laid before the House?
§ MR. BRYCEI cannot admit that there has been any delay in issuing the Report of this Commission, for the subject is a very large and difficult one, and the Commissioners, who have examined more than 80 witnesses and held more than 80 meetings during the last 13 months, have been assiduously engaged in their work. They are now considering their Report, and I trust that they may be able to present it to Her Majesty before or in the month of August next.