§ 44. Captain WALTER SHAWasked the President of the Board of Education if he is aware that Mrs. Short, the schoolmistress under the Poole Board of Education, has lost her case in the appeal by the Poole authorities; and will he initiate legislation or promulgate a Departmental Order for the purpose of preventing local education authorities from dismissing teachers who have served them faithfully and well through a long period of years simply and solely because they have married?
§ Lord E. PERCYI am aware of the result of the appeal in this case, but, as I indicated in my reply on 19th November to the hon. Member for Central Southwark (Colonel Day)—a copy of which I am sending my hon. and gallant Friend—I do not see my way to intervene in the matter.
Viscountess ASTORAs the Government is responsible for the law of the land, and passed the Sex Disqualification Act, surely it can do something in this case?
§ Lord E. PERCYI am afraid that I cannot agree with the Noble Lady.