§ SIR EDWARD SASSOON (Hythe)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether the regulations of the Kent Education Committee defining the constitution, functions, and powers of local committees for higher education will be communicated to the several local authorities concerned in Kent, for their consideration and for the formulation of any suggestions before they receive the final approval of the Board; whether copies can be obtained; and what are the nature and scope of these regulations.
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. Lough, Islington, W.)The making of regulations for local sub-committees of the Kent Education Committee is a
† (4) Debates, clxxiv., 1324–5.1093 matter for the Kent local education authority, and the approval of the Board is only required in cases where the Board are asked to accept such sub-committees as managers or governors of schools or classes applying for recognition for grants from the Board. The Board have given their assistance to the Kent Education Committee in framing regulations defining the constitution, functions, and powers of local sub-committees to be accepted by the Board as governing bodies of grant-earning secondary schools. They have been informed by the Committee that the borough or urban education committee concerned will be consulted before any rules for the establishment of such local sub-committees are approved. The distribution of copies is a matter for the discretion of the Kent Education Committee, and so far as I am aware the regulations are not yet in their final form.