§ LORD R. CECIL (Marylebone, E.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education, whether he will cause inquiries to be made as to the number of training colleges in which no religious instruction is given.
§ MR. McKENNAI do not think that the present moment would be an opportune one for considering a change of policy on the part of the Board in the direction indicated.
§ LORD R. CECILDoes not the right hon. Gentleman think it of great importance in view of the educational proposals of the Government to ascertain which of the teachers have some religious knowledge and which have not?
§ MR. McKENNAMy predecessors at the Board of Education have never 948 thought it desirable to make such an inquiry as the noble Lord suggests.