§ LORD BALCARRES (Lancashire, Chorley)To ask the President of the Board 943 of Education in how many cases during the school year 1907–8 applications for waiver under Articles 5 and 18b were received by the Board.
(Answered by Mr. Runciman.) The Board was asked by resolutions of local education authorities to waive Article 5 in the case of sixty schools, and Article 18b in the case of twenty-eight schools. A full return of such cases, with the necessary explanations, will shortly be issued by the Board.