§ 39. Lieut. - Colonel Sir GODFREY DALRYMPLE-WHITE (for Sir GERALD HURST)asked the President of the Board of Education whether he will issue regulations to the effect that no masters or teachers of schools under his Department's control shall obtain leave of absence in term time in order to engage in political propaganda or take part in political meetings; and whether he is aware that such a case occurred in the recent Ardwick by-election when the headmaster of St. Patrick's school, Carlisle, left his own school during a working week for the purpose of canvassing, among other school teachers and of speaking at party meetings in Ardwick, Manchester?
§ Mr. MORGAN JONESIt is for local education authorities or governing bodies, whose servants school teachers are, to deal with applications from teachers for leave of absence during term time, and my right hon. Friend does not propose to interfere with their discretion in this respect. He has no information of the case to which the hon. Member refers, beyond the statement in the Press.