HC Deb 24 June 1901 vol 95 c1214
DR. MACNAMARA (Camberwell, N.)

I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education, in view of the fact that the rate fund raised under the Technical Instruction Acts is not applicable for the maintenance of instruction in the obligatory and standard subjects of the Whitehall Codes, whether he can explain how school boards are to be assisted in the instruction of adult pupils in elementary subjects out of the moneys at present at the disposal of the municipal authorities.

THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Sir J. GORST, Cambridge University)

I am unable to answer this question, because, as I explained last week, I cannot accept the legal opinion upon which it is based.

DR. MACNAMARA

May I ask whether the question will be referred to the law officers of the Crown?

SIR J. GORST

I must have notice of that question.