HC Deb 02 August 1898 vol 63 c859
LORD H. CECIL

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will take any, and, if so, what steps to secure that children belonging to the Church of England in reformatory, industrial, etc., schools, shall have the same facilities for receiving denominational religious instruction that are now accorded to Roman Catholic children in such schools?

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT

So far as I am aware, there is no ground for the suggestion of my noble Friend that children belonging to the Church of England have not at present the same facilities for receiving denominational religious instruction as Roman Catholic children.

LORD H. CECIL

If any particular case is brought to the notice of the right honourable Gentleman, will he remedy it?

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT

Certainly, if there is any violation of either the spirit or the letter of the Act, I will undertake to remedy it as far as is in my power.