§ DR. MACNAMARAI beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Education whether any local education authorities have either petitioned or forwarded resolutions to the Board of Education in favour of such an extension of their powers as would enable them, out of the funds at their disposal, to provide food for underfed children on the lines suggested in the unanimous recommendation of the Physical Deterioration (1904) Committee; and whether, if any, he will state the names of such authorities.
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Sir WILLIAM ANSON, Oxford University)The Board has received resolutions on the lines referred to in the Question from the following three local education authorities; in May, 1904, from Reading County Borough, in December last from Sheffield County Borough, and in January last from Tottenham Urban District.
§ DR. MACNAMARAWill the Board of Education inform the local authorities that it is not proposed to take any action at present on the lines suggested in their memorial?
§ SIR WILLIAM ANSONIt has not been suggested to the local authorities that any such action will be taken.