HC Deb 30 June 1932 vol 267 cc2097-8

Lords Amendment: In page 19, line 19, at the end, insert: Provided that in the case of a child or young person not resident in England, the order stall, instead of naming a local authority state that he was resident outside England.

Mr. STANLEY

I beg to move,, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."

8.0 p.m.

This is the first of a number of Amendments which are scattered over the Paper to deal with the situation of a Scottish boy resident in Scotland who crosses the Boarder, commits an offence, is brought before an English Court, and is con- sidered suitable to be sent to an approved school. The difficulty at the moment is that Scotland will have a Bill of its own, and it will be impossible to apply this Bill to that country. When an errant Scottish boy crosses the Border he should be sent back to be put into an approved school. Although Scotsmen when they cross the Border seem reluctant to return to their native land, I feel sure that no Scotsman would like a Scottish boy to be left in an English approved school although it may mean something on the local rates when the boy is returned to his native country.

Subsequent Lords Amendments to page 28, line 11, agreed to.