§ DR. MACNAMARAI beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Education 1300 whether the Board have appointed a date later than 1st May for Section 2 (1) of the Education (London) Act, to come into operation; and whether he will state the reasons for agreeing to the putting of the rest of the Act into operation before the borough councils are able to take their appointed share in its administration.
§ SIR WILLIAM ANSONThe answer to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative. The Board of Education see no reason for postponing the appointed day for the operation of the rest of the London Education Act. The County Council have expressed no desire for such postponement.