§ Mr. GULLANDasked the Lord Advocate whether he is aware that since the adoption of the junior student system in Scotland a large number of young people of ages from 14 to 16 have to live away from home to attend instruction at the centres; whether the school boards managing these centres undertake any supervision of these young people out of school hours or of the premises in which they live; and whether the Scotch Education Department will issue a circular drawing the attention of school boards to this matter or make it a condition of grant that the junior students should reside in hostels or registered lodgings?
§ Mr. UREUnder the regulations for the training of teachers both the secondary education committees who nominate the junior students and the managers and teachers of the centres where they receive their instruction have certain responsibilities as regards their due supervision. The Department have no reason to suppose that the bodies named are not fully alive to their responsibilities in the matter, but they have already drawn the attention of the secondary education committees to their powers under the Act, and the whole matter is receiving their careful attention, with a view to such further action as may be necessary.