§ MR. CHARLES ALLEN (Gloucestershire, Stroud)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Education whether his attention has been called to representations from teachers concerned as to the clause in the scheme of the Gloucestershire County Council which debars school teachers in the employ of the County Council from serving on the Education Committee of the county, which has received the sanction of the Board of Education; and, if so, whether he will reconsider this decision.
§ SIR WILLIAM ANSONThe representations in question were referred to the Gloucestershire County Council. The Council fully considered them, and decided that, though they were ready 1356 to provide, and did provide, for the presence of teachers on their committee, they considered that the presence of salaried officials on this committee was undesirable. This is clearly a matter which rests in the discretion of the Council, and the scheme was approved on the 18th March. No reconsideration by the Board is now possible.