§ MR. AGG-GARDNER (Cheltenham)To ask the Secretary to the Board of Education if he will state why the Order in Council, No. 18, dated 21st January, 1902, directing a supplemental register of qualified teachers of music to be formed, has not yet been carried into effect; and when the regulations dealing with this branch of teachers' registration will be issued.
(Answered by Sir William Anson.) I am not aware of any Order in Council, No. 18, dated 21st January, 1902, directing the formation of supplemental registers of qualified teachers of music, but I presume that the hon. Member refers to the Order in Council, dated 6th March, 1902, directing the formation of a Registration Council. This Order contained in a schedule certain regulations as to the formation of a Register of Teachers. No. 6 of these regulations states that supplemental registers shall be established for various subjects of which music is one. The regulation, however, contained no detailed requirements as to the kind of attainments which were necessary in order to gain admittance to the register. Many very difficult questions are involved, and the whole question is 525 receiving the careful consideration of the Board, the Consultative Committee, and the Registration Council. I am unable to state when the Board will be in a position to issue the necessary regulations for the establishment of these registers.