§ MR. CORRIE GRANT (Warwickshire, Rugby)I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether his attention has been called to the published statement of Mr. Lewis Williams, chairman of the Cardiff School Board, that, if the fifteen years age limit is applied to the higher grade school at Cardiff, there will be 273 students excluded and not 160, which is the number in the science school alone, and leaves out of account the numbers in the elementary section, and further that in the Cardiff intermediate schools there are only eight scholarships offered, leaving 265 children, nine-tenths of whom are quite unable to pay the fees of the intermediate school; and whether he has received any communication from the Cardiff School Board on the matter; and, if so, to what purport; and, if not, whether he will inquire into the matter.
§ THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Sir J. GORST,) Cambridge UniversityI have seen the statement. My observations applied to the school of science, and the numbers I gave are not disputed. I have received no communication from the Cardiff School Board, and I see no ground for further inquiry.
† See page 432.