§ DR. MACNAMARAI beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Education whether he can state the main provisions of the agreement entered into between the County Council for the Isle of Wight and the trustees of certain Church of England schools in the Island for the leasing of their schools to the authority, subject to the right of entry on certain days of the week for volunteer teachers of specific denominational religious instruction.
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY To THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Sir WILLIAM ANSON,) Oxford UniversityThe Board of Education understand that negotiations have been going on between the Isle of Wight Local Education Authority and the managers of certain voluntary schools, as to the terms upon which the latter were prepared to transfer the schools, but no definite proposals have been submitted for the consideration of the Board, and from a recent communication on the subject it appears to he doubtful whether the arrangement will he proceeded with.