§ MR. TREVELYAN (Yorkshire, W.R., Elland)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether sub-Section (4) of Clause 8 of the Education Bill would subject the decisions of the managers of voluntary schools in regard to religious instruction to an appeal to episcopal authority where the trust deeds at present provide for it.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURWithout attempting to interpret the hon. Gentleman's phrase "the decisions of the managers," I may observe that wherever a trust deed gives an appeal to the bishop to determine whether the teaching is or is not in conformity with the trust deed, that appeal will still remain obligatory.
§ MR. TREVELYANWill there be any appeal to the Board of Education from the bishops?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURNo, Sir. I take it that the Board of Education will be quite out of this.
§ MR. TREVELYANWill there be any circumstances under that sub-Section in which there will be an appeal to the Board of Education?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURPerhaps it was rash to do so in answer to a Question without notice, but I have indicated my opinion for what it is worth, without consulting the exact phraseology of the Bill, that there will be no appeal to the Board of Education with regard to religious instruction. I do not believe there will be any such appeal.