§ MR. YOXALLTo ask the President of the Board of Education if His Majesty's inspector of schools for the district has reported concerning the dismissal of several teachers at Aberdare who are married women, some of whom are nearing the pensionable age, and will, therefore, be unable to complete the maximum service entitling to a pension; whether he has been informed that some of the vacancies thus created are to be filled by the appointment of teachers who are related to a member of the Aberdare Education Committee; and if so, whether he proposes to take any action in the matter.
(Answered by Mr. Runciman.) I have not received a Report upon this Question; but, in view of Section 35 of the Elementary Education Act, 1870, it is within the power of a local education authority to terminate the engagements of teachers in their employment, and the Act gives the Board no power to intervene. I have no information as to the last part of the Question.