DR. RUTHERFORD (Middlesex, Brentford)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether he is now able to say whether he has directed the Wiltshire education authority to provide at once a temporary council school, in order to supply the deficiency of school places at Westbury Leigh; and whether he has declined to sanction the proposal to provide a second Church school for a population which is predominantly Nonconformists.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Mr. RUNCIMAN,) DewsburyIt is not proposed to provide a second Church School but to enlarge the existing school by fifty-four places. The local education authority are unwilling to build a council school, and 73 as additional accommodation is required the Board have decided that, in view of Section 9 of the Education Act, 1902, they have no alternative but to sanction the enlargement. I may add that the Board have satisfied themselves that there is sufficient accommodation in undenominational schools within easy reach for all children whose parents desire it.