§ 28. Mrs. MANNINGasked the President of the Board of Education if he can yet announce the intentions of the Board with regard to taking action upon the report of the Wood Committee?
§ Mr. LEES-SMITHThe more important recommendations of the committee involve legislation and are closely connected with the proposal for raising the school-leaving age; and it is not practicable to give any useful decision on them at the present time.
§ Mrs. MANNINGWill the President of the Board of Education tell me whether there is any connection between the reply which he gave to the preceding question and this one?
§ Mr. LEES-SMITHI think so.
§ Mrs. MANNINGDoes the right hon. Gentleman's Department realise that these mentally-defective children are a burden on the elementary schools, and will be a future burden upon the community unless the right hon. Gentleman takes some steps to deal with them?