HC Deb 16 December 1902 vol 116 cc1333-4
MR. D. A. THOMAS

To ask Mr. Attorney General whether, under the Education Bill, an Urban District Council acting as the local education authority will levy and collect the rate necessary for educational purposes, or whether it is intended that the Council shall issue a precept to the overseers of the poor for the amount of education expenses required for the overseers to levy and collect the education rate and pay it over to the treasurer of the said authority.

(Answered by Sir Robert Finlay.) The Council will issue their precept to the overseers of the poor to collect the amount and pay it over to the Council.