§ SIR PHILIP MAGNUS (London University)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that the registrar of the old Teachers' Registration Council was, appointed in 1902 from among a large number of candidates for the post, under an agreement approved by the Board, which stated that, whilst the engagement was terminable by six months notice on either side, the age of retirement should be sixty years, or, by the consent of the council, sixty-five years; whether, having regard to the fact that the appointment 683 was formally approved by the Board and was accordingly regarded as an ordinary official appointment, the Board will endeavour to secure the continuance in his office under the new council of the present registrar, or give him compensation for dismissal; and whether he will similarly take into favourable consideration the position of other members of the staff of the old council.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Mr. MCKENNA,) Monmouthshire, N.The Answer to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative. The appointment of officers of the new council will rest with that body when constituted. In view of the terms of the agreement I do not think any case for compensation can be established, and indeed the Board in any case have no funds from which such compensation could he payable. The position of the remaining members of the staff is under consideration.
§ SIR PHILIP MAGNUSI beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether he can now say what arrangements will be made for continuing the work of the Teachers' Registration Council, which ceased to exist on the 31st March, and what sum of money was handed over to the Board as the balance in hand from the old council.
§ MR. MCKENNAI can add nothing at present to the Answer which I gave to the hon. Baronet the Member for Oxford University on the 25th March. The balance handed over to the Board was £2,971 8s. 7d.