§ MR. COURTHOPE (Sussex, Rye)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether the syllabus of religious instruction issued by the Board of Education provides for the daily use of the Lord's Prayer; and whether in the provided schools the Lord's Prayer is usually said daily.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Mr. Birrell, Bristol, N.)The functions of the Board of 1279 Education are certainly very varied, but they do not include, I am glad to say, any duty or any power to issue any syllabus of religious instruction, this being left to the local education authority in provided schools and to the foundation managers, acting under trust, in voluntary schools. In reply to the concluding paragraph, I can only say that I have no information beyond that contained in the Parliamentary Return recently issued; but I should imagine the reply is in the affirmative.