§ SIR JAMES FERGUSSON (Manchester, N.E.)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether, with reference to the statement of the First Lord of the Treasury that the Education Department will suspend the operation of Article 73 of the Education Code of 1890 pending inquiry as to its effects, Her Majesty's Government will cause such inquiry to be made of the managers of the schools concerned, having regard to the great variety in their circumstances?
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Sir JOHN GORST,) Cambridge UniversityThe operation of Article 73 (small print) of the Education Code is suspended until the 31st March 1897. Any inquiries that may be necessary will be made in the meanwhile.