Mr. BOTTOM LEYasked the President of the Board of Education whether the present system of providing drinking water in buckets for the children at the Temple School, Temple Balsall, is to be allowed as a permanent arrangement; and whether the Board are satisfied that the water now supplied to the scholars, which is said to come from a well below the level of the churchyard, is sufficiently pure to be used for drinking purposes?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRTEARY to the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. Trevelyan)I understand the question to refer to a school known as Lady Katherine Leveson's School, Temple Balsall. The question of water supply has been under consideration in connection with plans for the improvement of the premises. My right hon. Friend is making further inquiry into the matter.
§ Mr. BOTTOMLEYasked the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been called to the repeated condemnation of the water supplied by the trustees of Lady Katherine Leveson to the almshouses, council school, etc., at the Temple, Temple Balsall, and to the fact that the council school has had the water supply cut off for about a year on account of it being condemned by the medical authority; and, if so, whether he proposes to take any action in the matter?
§ The PRESIDENT of the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. Burns)I have been in communication with the local authority, and I understand that the question of providing a proper water supply is now receiving the serious consideration of a special committee which they have appointed. I will not lose sight of the matter.