§ 49. Mr. HALL-CAINEasked the President of the Board of Education whether his circular to school children on the subject of the Disarmament Conference was approved by the Cabinet before publication; what has been the, cost of issuing it; and whether it is his intention to make further pronouncements of a similar character to school children?
§ Sir D. MACLEANIt would be contrary to the usual practice for me to make any statement in regard to the matter mentioned in the first part of the question, but, as with any other matter of Departmental action, I satisfied myself that the issue of the message referred to would be consistent with the policy of the Government. In answer to the second part, the additional expenditure incurred as a result of issuing the message was approximately £10. In regard to the third part of the question, I am not at present considering the circulation of any other similar message to the schools.
§ Mr. MAXTONWill the President of the Board of Education tell us precisely what is the difficulty in answering the first part of the question?
§ Sir D. MACLEANSimply that discussions which take place in the Cabinet are not matters that can be disclosed here.
Colonel CROOKSHANKIs it the policy of the Government to discourage children from attending naval and military displays?