§ MR. HAZELLI beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education, whether his attention has been called to the action of the chairman of the school board of Gaddesby, Leicestershire, in March last, in requiring a proposed master to undertake to play the organ in church on Sundays and without extra remuneration, and whether he is aware that in consequence of this stipulation the candidate, who was a Nonconformist, withdrew his application; whether such an attempt to get church work done by masters of the school is legal; and, whether he will use his influence to prevent such pressure being put upon Nonconformists in future?
§ SIR JOHN GORSTThe Education Department received a communication on this subject in August last. It is to be regretted that they have no power to prevent, School Boards or managers of schools from making such conditions of employment of teachers as they think fit.