§ MR. CROMBIE (Kincardineshire)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware that the Provincial Council for the Training of Teachers in Glasgow is refusing to grant assistance to teachers who propose to attend the vacation courses abroad in modern languages on the plea that no funds are available, notwithstanding the fact that the funds which were regularly employed for this purpose in past years by the County Committees on Secondary Education have now been transferred to the Provincial Councils.
§ MR. SINCLAIRI am not aware that any Provincial Committee has refused to grant assistance to teachers proposing to attend vacation courses abroad, but in any case it is not the fact that the funds which have hitherto been available to County Committees for this purpose have now been transferred to Provincial Committees.