§ MR. J. WARDI beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether his attention has been drawn to the establishment of a navvy settlement at Ladybower, Derbyshire, without any provision of school accommodation; whether he is aware that over thirty children, some of very tender years, are compelled to walk to Bamford, a distance of nearly three miles, to the nearest school; and what action, if any, he proposes to take in the matter.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Board of Education have received no information in regard to the matter referred to in the Question. The hon. Member will, I am sure, realise that difficulties of this kind cannot always be met with absolute promptitude when a sudden access of population in remote rural parts has to be provided for. I will have inquiry made and will see that the requisite steps are taken for dealing with any substantial need that exists.