HC Deb 27 February 1899 vol 67 c616
MR. FLOWER

I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether the London School Board is within its legal right in determining to issue through the visitors employed by the Board a form of questions to be answered by the parents of children attending Christ Church School, Albany Street, Marylebone, which form invites the parents to state whether they are paying school fees or not, and if they desire free education for their children; and if not, what action the Committee of Council on Education will take in the matter?

THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (Sir J. GORST,) Cambridge University

The action of the London School Board in singling out one particular voluntary school for such inquiries appears to be invidious; but the Committee of Council have no power to determine the legal rights of the London School Board in such matters.