§ Mr. EDWARD STRAUSSasked the President of the Board of Education when the Board propose to sanction the scheme prepared by the governors of Newcomen's Foundation, Southwark, which was sanctioned by the London County Council so long ago as July, 1910; and, if, in view of the fact that only a small proportion of the income of the foundation will be derived from grants from the Board of Education, the former decision of the Board to do nothing until after the settling of the new regulations for technical schools will be revised?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. Runciman)The Board are now prepared to consider the question of framing a scheme for this foundation following the lines of the proposals of the governors, and I hope that it may be possible to deal with the matter before very long. A deputation from the governors is being invited to discuss the proposals with officers of the Board at an early date. I must not be taken to accept, without reserve, the assumptions underlying the second part of the question.