§ LIEUTENANT-COLONEL BOWLES (Middlesex, Enfield)To ask the Secretary to the Board of Education if he will explain why Clause VII. has been omitted from the Regulations for Secondary Schools; and whether he will consider the advisability of restoring the procedure under this clause, so that all forms and claims from the schools may pass through the office of the local education authority on their way to the Board of Education, and all grants from the Board may be paid through the local education authority for higher education.
(Answered by Sir William Anson.) The old Clause VII. of the Regulations is still retained, though in a somewhat modified form, in Clauses IV. and V. of the Regulations for Secondary Schools. The procedure referred to in the Question does not appear to be in all respects suited to 821 present circumstances, but the matter is receiving the consideration of the Board.