§ MR. FIELDTo ask the President of the Board of Education whether a rule has been put in force lately to the effect that only the higher staff are to use the lifts in the new building of the Board of Education; and, if so, whether he will explain why this difference of treatment has been made between the higher staff and junior assistants.
(Answered by Mr. Runciman.) The two passenger lifts provided in the portion of the new building assigned to the Board of Education would be quite insufficient to supply, without some restriction, the requirements both of visitors, and of the Board's staff which will number over 1,000. It has therefore been found necessary to restrict their use to officers of or above the rank of minor staff clerk.