§ MR. SUMMERBELLTo ask the President of the Board of Education whether he contemplates taking any steps for abolishing the distinction which is now made between pauper and non-pauper children in the matter of the payment of fees or other expenses at public elementary schools or at certified special schools.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) I am not aware that the distinctions referred to, which are in effect nothing more than an adjustment of payments between Poor Law authorities and education authorities, effect in any way the children concerned. And I therefore, as at present advised, see no reason for interfering with existing practice in this regard.