§ MR. COOPER (Bermondsey)I bog to ask the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that many parents of children attending the London County Council School, Monnow Road, Bermondsey, have received notices of the intention of the Council to transfer their children to some other school in the neighbourhood, and in some cases to non-provided schools; whether he is aware that some of these children have attended this school for some considerable period; and whether he proposes to take any action in the matter.
MR. EUNCIMANPart of this school has been converted into a higher elementary school, and it has, therefore, been necessary to provide elsewhere for children who are not qualified for admission to the higher elementary school. I think this must be regarded as a reasonable ground for exclusion within the moaning of Article 53 of the Code.
§ Mr. COOPERDo I understand from the right hon. Gentleman's Answer that the children, some of whom for several years have boon taught the religious syllabus of the London County Council, will now be compelled to accept the sectarian religious teaching of a non-provided school, or their parents must take advantage of the conscience clause and their children be deprived of any religious teaching at school?
§ MR. RUNCIMANThe County Council must, of course, carry out the law.