§ 31. Mr. GAVAN-DUFFYasked the President of the Board of Education if 571 he is aware that the large number of children resident at Thornhill have to travel over a mile of dangerous road to Egremont (Cumberland) in order to attend school; and, having regard to the necessity of having the proposed new school at Thornhill completed before the winter weather sets in, will he have the plans of the new school, which are now said to he in his Department, passed at the earliest possible moment?
§ Mr. TREVELYANThe Board are aware that a large number of children resident at Thornhill attend school at Egremont. Full details of the local education authority's proposals for the provision of a new public elementary school at Thornhill have only recently been submitted to the Board, and are now receiving their careful consideration. I have given instructions that the case shall be dealt with as expeditiously as possible.