HC Deb 07 May 1897 vol 49 c6
MR. ERNEST GRAY

I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether, assuming that Section 97 of the Elementary Education Act, 1870, be amended as from the 29th day of September 1897, the grants paid to necessitous School Boards after that date on the average attendance for the year ending 29th September 1897 will be subject to the new conditions as set out in. the amending Bill?

SIR J. GORST

Yes, Sir.