HC Deb 10 May 1897 vol 49 c92
MR. T. G. ASHTON (Beds, Luton)

I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether the Education Department will sanction the appointment of teachers of schools which are attached to associations formed under the Voluntary Schools Act to be members of the governing body of such associations?

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

The Committee of Council would not refuse to sanction such an appointment.