HC Deb 17 December 1902 vol 116 cc1505-6
MR. HENRY HOBHOUSE (Somersetshire, E.)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Education if it would be competent for a County Council, under the provisions of Clause 18 of the Education (England and Wales) Bill, to refuse to accept a particular nominee of an outside body to serve on an education committee; and if the Board of Education will confirm n scheme providing that persons should be appointed by the County Council from among the nominees of certain outside bodies.

THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Sir WILLIAM ANSON,) Oxford University

The first part of the hon. Member's Question can be raised this afternoon in discussion on the Lords Amendments. The second part can only be answered as the occasion arises.