§ MR. CUMMING MACDONA (Southwark, Rotherhithe)On behalf of the hon. Member for the City of London (Sir Joseph Dimsdale), I beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Education whether, in the case of endowed schools, the trust deeds of which require them to be conducted as public elementary schools, the provisions of the London Education Bill as to appointment of managers and control by the local authority will apply if the governors of such schools elect not to accept a Parliamentary grant.
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Sir WILLIAM ANSON,) Oxford UniversityA school which, under the provisions of a scheme or trust deed, must be conducted as a public elementary school, must be subject to the provisions of the Act of 1902 as to the appointment of managers and the control of the local education authority. Whether a Parliamentary grant should be applied for or not rests with the local education authority and not with the managers. If the managers or governors refuse to accept from the local education authority 126 the cost of maintenance for their school, such refusal will not thereby divest the local education authority of its right of control over secular instruction.