§ MR. J. H. YOXALLI beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education if he is aware that recent action by the Department of Science and Art, in the matter of schools of science proposed for Burnley, Derby, and elsewhere, has caused much local friction, and is creating doubt in many quarters; and whether he can give an assurance that it is not intended to hinder the customary development of schools of science connected with the high grade schools by consenting to their formation in connection with endowed and technical schools alone?
§ THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Sir JOHN GORST,) Cambridge UniversityThe friction and doubts referred to in the Question have been caused, not by the action of the Department of Science and Art, but by mis-statements which have been circulated. A school of science has been projected at Burnley. The necessary conditions have not as yet been fulfilled, but there is every reason to expect that a satisfactory arrangment will shortly be effected. At Derby the school of science has been in operation since 1892, and I am not aware of any difficulty connected with it. Schools of science, projected or managed by School Boards, have been, and will be, treated in exactly the same way as other schools of science.