§ SIR J. BRUNNER (Cheshire, Northwich)I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education (1) whether he has received a letter
§ from the clerk to the Moulton School Board complaining that his Board is bound to provide for the education of all deaf and blind children in the school district, whilst the ratepayers of Moulton are at the same time bound to share in providing the cost of the education of all such children in the Poor Law Union within which Moulton is contained; and that the education of one blind boy is calculated to cost a penny in the £ on the Moulton School Board rate; and (2) whether he proposes to introduce a Bill to remove the grievance complained of; and, if so, whether he can exempt the Moulton School Board from the necessity of providing for the case of this one boy?
§ SIR J. GORSTThe answer to paragraph 1 is in the affirmative. A Bill to remove the grievance is now under the consideration of the Committee of Council, but it is not, of course, possible to treat Moulton exceptionally.