§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord Advocate if the Education Department 98 will consider the expediency of enabling school boards in the Highland crofting counties to extend the age for compulsory attendance at school to seven years where the climatic conditions and the distance to be traversed render such a course desirable.
MR. SCOTT DICKSONThe matter will be considered, but in the view of the Department, as at present advised, there are great difficulties in the way of making any alteration of the law such as is suggested by the hon. Member.