§ MR. CLOUGH (Yorkshire, W.R., Skipton)To ask the President of the Board of Education whether he received a request from the West Riding Local Education Authority last September to appoint a Departmental Committee to inquire into the feasibility and advisability of making attendance at evening schools compulsory; and whether he can see his way to accede to this request.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) I have received the request to which my hon. 614 friend alludes. The matter was some time ago referred by the Board to the Consultative Committee, who have already been giving very careful consideration to it, with a view to submitting a Report to the Board.