§ MR. JOWETTI beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether his attention has been called to a Report recently issued by the London County Council, giving particulars as to school baths in Germany and Holland; and whether in view of the advantages possessed by the school children of the two countries named from the use of such baths, he will take steps, at' an early date, loading to the general application of the same system in this country.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Mr. BIRRELL,) Bristol, N.I have seen the valuable and intesting Report referred to in the Question, and I should hope that the very practical information which it contains may tend in the direction desired by the hon. Member towards a more general application of the system in this country. But to make it in any way compulsory would require legislation, which I am not prepared to undertake. Many local education authorities in this country are already putting into effect their powers under the Baths and Washhouses Acts.