§ MR. BARNES (Glasgow, Blackfriars)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland if he has any information as to the extent to which Section 3 of The Employment and Attendance of Children at School in Scotland Act, 1901, has been put into operation.
§ MR. SINCLAIRThe numbers of exemptions granted by School Boards in terms of Section 3 of the Education (Scotland) Act, 1901, in the years for which information on the subject is available, have been—1903, 9,364; 1904, 8,849; 1905, 7,822; 1906, 8,197. Of these there were granted conditionally—1903, 7,332; 1904, 6,912; 1905, 5,777; 1906, 5,875.