HC Deb 05 July 1900 vol 85 c633
MR. HOBHOUSE (Somersetshire, E.)

I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education if his attention has been directed to the importance of giving instruction in cookery to boys likely to enter the mercantile marine service; and if he will consider the advisability of modifying the provisions of the Day and Evening Schools Codes so as to enable such instruction to be given to boys, when required, in seaport towns.

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

Yes; the matter is now receiving consideration.