§ MR. MADDISON (Sheffield, Brightside)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he will state if anything is being done to remove the children capable of receiving education from the Imbecile Asylum at Darenth, with a view to giving them greater educational advantages and freedom from contact with those hopelessly imbecile, and also to the improvement of the organisation of the institution and classification of its inmates?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. H. CHAPLIN,) Lincoln, SleafordThe matter is one which has received much consideration by the managers of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. There is some difference of opinion as to the best means of effecting the object in view, and the final settlement of the question depends upon the provision of further accommodation for imbeciles. The managers are for this purpose at present negotiating for the purchase of the property of the South Metropolitan School District.