§ MR. LOGAN (Leicestershire, Harborough)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Education whether he is aware that under an arrangement made at a meeting held at the Vicarage, Theddingworth, Leicestershire, in March, 1880, the two schools of the village, one a Church school and the other a Non-conformist school, were then amalgamated on non-sectarian lines, and that under that arrangement the Committee of Management of the school has, for the last twenty-two years, consisted of 1355 the vicar and two churchwardens and three Nonconformists, appointed by the trustees of a fund left for the education of the Nonconformist children of Thed-ding worth, the said fund contributing half the cost of the school above the grants and to the maintenance of the buildings; and whether, in view of the attempt now being made under the provisions of the Education Act of 1902, to get the management of the school into the hands of Church of England managers, he will take steps to ensure that the Nonconformists will be represented on the new Management Committee in the same proportions as under the arrangement which has been in existence for twenty-two years.
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Sir WILLIAM ANSON,) Oxford UniversityNo order in this case has been made under Section 11 of the Education Act. It would be extremely difficult to frame an order under that Section which would do justice to all the parties concerned, inasmuch as the school buildings are held under express trusts the provisions of which cannot be ignored. The vicar and trustees have asked for an inquiry, and an inquiry will be held by the Board. It is possible that the difficulties of the case may be met by a scheme under the Charitable Trusts Acts.