§ MR. JAMES STUART (Shoreditch Hoxton)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he will take such steps as may be necessary to secure that Poor Law Schools shall, where the guardians apply and where the Local Government Board assents, be placed, so far as the education of the children is concerned, under the inspection of the Education Department of the Privy Council?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. HENRY CHAPLIN,) Lincolnshire, SleafordSubject to the concurrence of the Education Department, I shall be quite willing and very glad to facilitate the transfer to that Department of the inspection of Poor Law Schools, so far as the education of the children is concerned.
§ MR. MUNDELLA (Sheffield, Brightside)Has the right hon. Gentleman secured the assent of the Education Department, or endeavoured to do so, because there is a strong feeling amongst the Poor Law Guardians of the country in favour of the suggestion.
§ MR. CHAPLINI am aware the Boards of Guardians are strongly in its favour, and I am in communication with the Education Department
§ MR. STUARTasked if the President of the Local Government Board would look at certain memorials that had been addressed to the Local Government Board, and take into account the fact that the year before last the Education Department was willing to undertake the Inspection of Poor Law Schools.
§ MR. CHAPLINsignified assent.