§ MR. HAROLD COXI 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.