HC Deb 16 June 1899 vol 72 cc1338-9
SIR CHARLES CAMERON (Glasgow, Bridgeton)

I beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether he is aware that some 1,000 children of school age, inmates of the Orphan Homes of Scotland, on which over £200 of school rates were recently paid, have received no education for nearly two months, owing to the refusal of the School Board to receive them; whether want of school accommodation is the reason alleged for this refusal; whether he is aware that ample school accommodation exists in connection with the homes, and the use of it has been offered to the School Board at a very moderate rent; and, whether the Scottish Education Department intends taking any steps to enforce the Law of Scotland as to the compulsory education of all children of school age.

THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. A. G. MURRAY,) Buteshire

The legal questions connected with the matter referred to in the hon. Member's Question are now under consideration, and it is therefore impossible for me at present to make any further statement regarding it.