§ 35. Mr. CAUTLEYasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that Sunday school treats have been abandoned during the War, but that school superintendents have been promising the children the renewal of their annual treat when Peace comes, that disappointment to numbers of children will be caused if the treats are not given, and that the present scale of railway fares is prohibitive; and whether it is possible for him to afford facilities for cheap transit of Sunday school scholars for their annual treat during June and July and thus allow numbers of town-bred children to have a day in the country?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe question whether anything can be done in the direc- 1751 tion suggested is now under consideration, and I will inform the hon. Gentleman when a decision has been reached.
§ Sir D. MACLEANWill the hon. Gentleman also bring within the ambit of the survey questions such as girls' clubs in great towns and young boys' clubs, whose annual visits to the country two or three days at a time have been given up during the War?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANYes, all these questions are being considered, and I can assure the right hon. Gentleman that it is the desire of the Board of Trade and the Railway Executive Committee if possible to meet his wishes.