§ 28. Mr. KINGasked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that on Ascension Day, 1917. children were taken from Ridgewell School, Essex, to church, without any instructions from the managers and without the requisite seven days' notice to the 764 children, to His Majesty's inspector, and to the County Education Committee, and that those children who did not attend church were kept in for afternoon school while the others were granted a half-holiday; whether he will call for an explanation of these facts from the County Education Committee; and whether he will decline to continue the Grant to this school if these actions are repeated?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. Herbert Lewis)The County Education Committee have directed an inquiry to-be held into the matters referred to, and I propose to await the result of the inquiry.