HC Deb 21 February 1907 vol 169 cc1042-3
MR. GEORGE WHITE (Norfolk, N.W.)

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether it is the intention of the Government to introduce a Bill dealing with the questions involved in the following Amendment to the Address, which was not reached during the debate yesterday:—"That this House expresses its deep regret that in His Majesty's gracious Speech from the Throne no promise is made to remove the grievance under which many of the loyal subjects of His Majesty are made to suffer distraint or imprisonment because, for conscience sake, they cannot pay rates for denominational teaching, though this House has recorded its conviction by a large majority that such an impost is unjust and ought to be removed."

MR. McKENNA

I propose on Tuesday to introduce a Bill which I hope will prove what would have been a satisfactory Answer to my hon. friend had he been able to move his Amendment.

*MR CLOUGH (Yorkshire, W.R., Skipton)

May I remind the right hon. Gentleman that there was a second Amendment to the Address dealing with Education; and will the proposed Bill also deal satisfactorily with the subject embodied in that second Amendment?

MR. McKENNA

I must ask for notice of that.