§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state what progress has been made with the establishment of line schools in Ceylon, by whom will the schools be inspected, and is it proposed that the attendance at school of coolie children on tea estates should be compulsory.
(Answered by Mr. Churchill.) It is understood that an Ordinance dealing with these matters has recently been passed by the Ceylon Legislature, but it has not yet been received, and until it arrives, I am not in a position to give the hon. Member the information for which he asks.