§ MR. BUTCHERTo ask the President of the Board of Education what are the reasons for the delay in giving effect to the provisions of 7 Edw. 7, c. 43, s. 16, regarding the constitution of a registration council.
(Answered by Mr. Runciman.) The proposals for the constitution of a registration council, which were submitted to the Board by a committee comprising delegates from twelve educational associations and which have since been published, have 714 elicted protests from various important sections of the teaching profession. The weight attaching to these objections makes it difficult to regard a council so constituted as representative of the profession, as required by the statute. I have referred these protests to the committee, and I am hoping to receive from them revised proposals which will command general agreement.