§ MR. MYERI beg to ask the President of the Board of Education if he will state how many proposed new provided schools, the plans of which have been submitted by the local authorities to the Board of Education, are at present awaiting its approval; whether in one county there are at least eighteen so hung up; and if he can state the reason for the delay.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Mr. MCKENNA,) Monmouthshire, N.The number of plans which have been submitted to the Board and have not yet been approved could only be ascertained with great difficulty. A considerable number are, of course, necessarily suspended pending the expiration of the statutory period of notice required in the case of new schools or enlargements by Section 8 of the Act of 1902. I am not aware of any unnecessary delay and cannot identify the county to which my hon. friend refers, but if he will inform me of the cases which he has in view I shall be happy to 200 make inquiries and to let him know the result.
§ MR. MCKENNANow that my hon. friend has named a county I will inquire.