§ MR. GEOFFREY DRAGE (Derby)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether any children in the Poor Law school below the age of 11 were employed as half-timers during the year 1895; and whether any order was issued on the subject by the Local Government Board; and, if so, what was the date of that order?
§ MR. CHAPLINNo order has been issued by the Local Government Board on the subject, but the attention of the Board's Inspectors has been specially drawn to the matter. There have been very few cases in which it has been reported to the Board that the provisions of Section 1 of the Education Act of 1893 have been infringed, and in these instances steps have been promptly taken to check the irregularity.
§ MR. DRAGEI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether the Report of the Departmental Committee on Poor Law Schools has been made, and when it will be laid upon the Table?
§ MR. CHAPLINI am informed that the Report of the Poor Law Schools Committee has been signed, and will be presented to the Local Government Board in the course of a few days.