§ MR. J. RAMSAY MACDONALDI beg to ask the President of the Board of Education in what capacity the two medical men are attached to the Board of Education; and whether he proposes to assign to them definite medical duties, and make them directly responsible to himself and not to the permanent head of the Department.
§ MR. MCKENNAThe two officers in question hold the post of His Majesty's Inspector of Schools, and it is mainly on their advice that the Board act in dealing with schools for afflicted children and other matters where technical medical knowledge is especially necessary. I see no reason for introducing such an innovation in the organisation of a Government Department as my hon. friend suggests in the last paragraph of his Question.