HC Deb 23 July 1929 vol 230 c1059
14. Captain BOURNE

asked the Lord Privy Seal whether the committee to investigate the problem of the raising of the school leaving age which he proposed to appoint has, in fact, been appointed; and, if so, when he expects to receive the Report of such committee?

Mr. THOMAS

This committee was an ordinary inter-departmental committee to examine among other matters the unemployment aspect of the problem of the school leaving age. The Government, however, have decided that the matter should be dealt with on educational grounds, and the committee was accordingly instructed that it need not pursue these inquiries.

74. Mr. SINKINSON

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the decision to raise the school leaving age on 1st April, 1931, as announced by the President of the Board of Education, is to be applied to Scotland?

The SECRETARY of STATE for SCOTLAND (Mr. William Adamson)

The answer is in the affirmative. But in Scotland legislation will not be necessary. The Scottish Education Department is empowered by Section 33 (2) of the Education (Scotland) Act, 1918, to fix the appointed day.