§ MR. BRYCE (Aberdeen, S.)To ask the First Lord of the Treasury what sum it is proposed to allot to Scotland as an equivalent for the increased grant to elementary education in England and Wales directed by the Education Act of last session; and what form this grant to Scotland is to take having regard to the fact that no Bill for dealing with Education in Scotland is announced in His Majesty's Gracious Speech as intended to the brought in during the present session.
(Answered by Mr. A. J. Balfour.) The amount of the grant is still under consideration between the Treasury and the Scotch Education Department, but will, I hope, be settled very soon. The method of allocation must depend upon the amount of the grant, and it is not yet possible to say whether it will involve any legislation.