39. Dr. DAVIESasked the President of the Board of Education if his attention has been drawn to a Report of the London School Attendance Sub-Committee in which they point out that the Education (School Attendance) Bill will allow children between 14 and 15 years of age to be employed outside school hours, as the Education Act, 1921, definitely limits the age to which by-laws regulating the employment of children may be made to apply to 14 years; and what action, if any, does he propose to take?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANI have seen the report in question. I may, however, point out that the restrictions on the employment of children contained in Sections 94 and 95 of the Education Act, 1921, will apply to children between the ages of 14 and 15 when the school age is raised.
Dr. DAVIESDoes the President of the Board of Education consider that the 2084 members of the London School Attendance Sub-Committee are wrong in their conclusion?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANThere is no reason, if the hon. Member is keen about it, why he should not raise that matter on the Bill.
§ Mr. C. WILLIAMSAre we to understand that, as usual, the right hon. Gentleman is doing nothing in this matter?