§ 36. Mr. WHITEasked the President of the Board of Education the rights which would be enjoyed under the reorganisation scheme by a voluntary school which had repaid a grant made for the purpose of reconditioning or enlargement?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANThe special conditions on which the grant may be made would cease to operate if and when the grant is repaid.
§ 37. Mr. HARRISasked the President of the Board of Education whether be proposes to put into the form of a Bill his proposals for dealing with the non-provided schools; and when he proposes to introduce it?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANIf, as I hope, the proposals summarised in the White Paper prove to be generally acceptable, they would have to be embodied in legislation. I cannot at present make any statement as to the last part of the question.
§ Mr. HARRISWill this subject be dealt with separately before the School Attendance Bill is introduced?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANIt is too early for me to say.
§ Mr. THURTLEIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that those proposals are not acceptable to the teachers of the country?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANI am aware that the opposite is the case.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYWill not a great deal of time be required to put the scheme into operation as regards buildings, and is it not necessary that we should have legislation introduced as soon as possible?
§ Mr. FOOTWill precedence be given to this legislation over the School Attendance Bill, or will the School Attendance Bill be introduced first? Which will have preference?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANI have already stated that it is too early to make any statement.
§ Mr. BEAUMONTWill the passage of thins Bill be dependent on the passage of the School Attendance Bill?
§ 41. Mr. EDEasked the President, of the Board of Education if it is proposed that any grant made by a local education authority under Section 1 of the Summary of Proposals in Command Paper 3551 shall be recognised by the Board for the purposes of their grant; if so, what the percentage paid by the Board will be; and will the prior sanction of the Board to the making of a grant by the local education authority have to be obtained?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANIt is proposed that any grant made by a local education authority under Section 1 of the Summary of Proposals in Command Paper 3551 should be eligible for grant under the provisions of the Board of Education's current Regulations, and that during the operation of Circular 1404 the rate should be 50 per cent. The Board's prior sanction would not be required to any agreement which may be made by a local education authority with the managers of a non-provided school, but it would be a condition of the Board's grant that the actual proposals for the enlargement, reconstruction or improvement of the school in question should secure their approval in the usual manner.
§ 42. Mr. EDEasked the President of the Board of Education if it is proposed to vary from the present ratio the proportion of managers appointed by the trust and by the local authorities in the case of voluntary schools which receive grants from the local education authorities under Section 1 of the Summary of Proposals in Command Paper 3551?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANNo, Sir.
§ 43. Mr. EDEasked the President of the Board of Education if the managers of a voluntary school will be given any right of appeal, and, if so, to whom, where a local education authority recognise that their voluntary school could, subject to enlargement, reconstruction, or improvement, be efficiently incorporated in a scheme of reorganisation but decline to make a grant towards such enlargement, reconstruction, or improvement, and the managers are themselves unable to find the necessary funds?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANNo, Sir. The proposal is that the grant should be dependent on a voluntary agreement, and that there should be no compulsion upon either party to enter into such an agreement.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYSurely, if later on, owing to change of teachers, for example, there is a dispute between the local education authority and the managers, there is a right of appeal?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANThat is another question.