§ MR. HAROLD COX (Preston)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether there is any foreign country or British colony in which compulsory education begins at so early an age as five.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Mr. BIRRELL,) Bristol, N.I am unable to answer for the school laws of all foreign countries in the world, but so far as I can learn from information easily available compulsory 704 attendance, where there is any, begins at a later age than five.