§ SIR G. KEKEWICH (Exeter)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether, under the existing law, local authorities have power to prescribe instruction in secular subjects alone in some of the schools provided 30 by them, while prescribing undenominational religious instruction in the rest; and whether the Education Bill will affect the powers of local authorities in this respect beyond the provisions therein as to facilities.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Answer to the first part of the Question is "Yes," and to the second part "No."