§ DR. MACNAMARAI beg to ask the-Secretary to the Board of Education whether his attention has been called 1249 to a printed list of vacancies for teachers issued by the Hampshire Education Committee, in which applicants are invited for the post of headmastership of the Overton non-provided school, with the word "organ" added to the remarks column; and, if so, will he say whether this is not an infringement of Article 15 (1) of the Education Code, which prohibits the imposition of extraneous tasks; and whether he proposes to communicate with the Hampshire Education Committee upon the matter.
§ SIR WILLIAM ANSONI find that applicants for vacancies for teachers very frequently inquire if there are opportunities of increasing their income by such work as playing the organ in church. Information given on this point tends to increase the number of applicants, and so to enlarge the range of choice for the benefit of the managers. No condition as to the performance of extraneous duties is thereby imposed, otherwise the Board would at once intervene, and the local authority may be trusted to veto an appointment which is made on other than educational grounds. So long as the Board and the local authorities are satisfied that the conditions of the Code are being kept, the Board are reluctant to interfere with this supply of information by local authorities and managers.