§ MR. ALFRED HUTTON (Yorkshire, W. R., Morley)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Education whether, having regard to the promise given by the First Lord of the Treasury on October 17th, 1902, that as the education authority controlled only secular education it should not be called upon to pay for the books or other apparatus necessary for the religious instruction in non-provided schools, he will take steps to see that the terms of this promise are carried out in all cases brought to their notice.
THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Sir WILLIAM AXSON, Oxford University)No local authority has been called upon by the Board of Education to pay for books or other apparatus required for the purposes of denominational instruction given in voluntary schools, and the Board has offered no encouragement to managers to press for such payments.