§ MR. H. J. WILSON (Yorkshire, W.R., Holmfirth)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education who is the correspondent and who are the other Managers of the Church School at Dorchester, Oxfordshire; whether he is aware that on or about 16th July last fifty or more children were withdrawn from religious instruction under the Conscience Clause; whether since 16th July, the girls and infants so withdrawn have been instructed to join in the Hail Mary at the close of the school and to bow to or towards a crucifix on leaving the school; and will he state what steps he will take in the matter.
§ SIR JOHN GORSTThe correspondent is Colonel Blunt, of Manor House, Dorchester. The Board of Education do not keep any register of the other Managers. If complaint is made to the Board of Education of such violation of the Conscience Clause as is described in the Question, supported by primâ facie evidence, further inquiries will be made.