§ DR. MACNAMARAI beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Education whether his attention has been called to two recent letters written by corresponding managers of non-provided schools to applicants in each case for a vacant head-mastership, in the first case from the Rector of Euston, Thetford, Norfolk, dated 20th March, 1904, asking whether the applicant could play the organ, as this extra work was in that place an essential; and in the second from the 144 Vicar of Alwinton, Rothbury, Northumberland, dated 31st May, 1904, stating that a man would be preferred who was a churchman and communicant, and who would be able to play the harmonium at one of the Sunday services; and, if so, whether, in view of Article 15, Clause (1), of the Education Code for 1904, which expressly forbids the imposition of extraneous duties as a condition precedent to appointment, he will state what action, if any, the Board of Education proposes to take in those and similar cases.
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (SIR WILLIAM ANSON,) Oxfor UniversityMy attention has not been called to the letters described in the hon. Member's Question. The action which the Board of Education may take in these and similar cases must depend upon the circumstances of each case; and as yet I have no information as to these or any other cases of alleged infraction of Article 15 of the Code for 1904.
§ DR. MACNAMARAIf I send the hon. Baronet the original letters will he inquire further?
§ SIR WILLIAM ANSONYes, if any letters are furnished me with the information, I will inquire.