HC Deb 22 April 1907 vol 172 c1416
MR. HAROLD COX

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether large grants of public money are now being made to schools attended almost exclusively by the children of well-to-do parents; and, if so, whether it is the policy of the present Government to relieve well-to-do persons of their parental duties at the expense of the taxpayer.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Mr. MCKENNA,) Monmouthshire, N.

The principle to which, if I understand aright, the hon. Member's Question refers in regard to the kind of secondary schools in respect of which Exchequer Grants can properly be paid, is one to which I have been giving special attention during the short time that I have been responsible for the Board of Education, and I am now considering certain changes in the forthcoming regulations for secondary schools which have a bearing upon it. I do not think the matter is one which can be satisfactorily dealt with within the limits proper to an Answer to a Question.