§ DR. MACNAMARAI beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Education whether he is aware that the Education Committee of the London County Council has reported to the Council that, owing to the shortness of time at the disposal of the Council, it is obviously impossible for the Council to satisfy itself before 1st May that the conditions specified in Section 7 are being complied with; and, if so. will he therefore advise the Board of Education to appoint a later date for this portion of the Act, so that the London County Council may have all the time they need.
§ SIR WILLIAM ANSONIt is not usually possible for a local education authority to satisfy themselves before the appointed day as to the fulfilment of the conditions specified in Section 7, nor have local authorities the legal right to make all the investigations which may be necessary for this purpose. No local authority is required to maintain a school which does not come within the definition of a public elementary school on the appointed day. Under these circumstances there seems no reason for my offering the advice suggested.