§ DR. MACNAMARAI beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Education whether he has consulted the President of the Local Government Board with respect to the extent to which boards of guardians may assist local education authorities in the work of providing food for children in attendance at public elementary schools suffering from want of proper food; what the result of his consultation, if any, has been; and whether he is now in a position to issue, on behalf of the Board of Education, any circular of suggestions as to the course to be adopted by elementary school teachers who may find children hungry and ill-fed under their charge.
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Sir WILLIAM ANSON,) Oxford UniversityI am still in communication with the Local Government Board, and have every hope that it will shortly be possible to issue a circular of suggestions on the subject in question.