HC Deb 03 May 1906 vol 156 c695
Mr. HAROLD COX (Preston)

To ask the President of the Board of Education, at what age compulsory attendance at public elementary schools begins in the following countries, colonies, and states: France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Japan, Canada, the State of New York, and the State of Massachusetts.

(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) I will lay upon the Table of the House, I hope on Monday, a statement showing the practice in the countries named.