§ MR. HORNIMAN (Chelsea)To ask the President of the Board of Education whether his attention has been called to the fact that under the present regulations of the Board of Education the time occupied by children in travelling to and from the baths is not reckoned as part of the minimum time for school attendance, which must not be less than two hours for secular instruction to enable a grant to be paid, and that consequently the present regulations prevent many children from receiving instruction in the healthy and useful art of swimming; and whether he will consider the advisability of amending the regulations accordingly.
(Answered by Mr. Runciman.) The Board have decided that a reasonable time spent by scholars in going to and from swimming-baths may be reckoned as part of the minimum time required for an attendance.