HC Deb 01 April 1897 vol 48 c260
MR. J. CARVELL WILLIAMS (Notts, Mansfield)

I beg to ask the, Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether he is aware that in the Board School of North Mundham, Sussex, the Church Catechism is regularly taught to children, and that Nye's "Popular History of the Church of England" is also given for home reading and for examination; and whether steps will be taken to compel the discontinuance of these practices?

THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Sir JOHN GORST,) Cambridge University

I am aware of the facts stated. The Committee of Council are in communication with the School Board as to the alleged teaching of the Church Catechism. Nye's History is not a religious catechism or religious formulary which is distinctive of any particular denomination, and seems to me to be written in a spirit of moderation and tolerance.