HC Deb 30 November 1936 vol 318 cc843-4
63. Miss RATHBONE

asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that the remuneration payable to examiners for the Central Welsh Board is habitually delayed for some five months after the examination is over, instead of the five weeks' interval usual with other examining bodies; that this affects at least 150 examiners and assistant examiners, means the delayed payment of several thousand pounds, and is a considerable inconvenience to the examiners concerned; and will he take steps to ensure speedier payment?

Mr. SHAKESPEARE

I have no precise information on this matter, which concerns the internal administration of the Central Welsh Board and is not one in which the Board of Education have any power to intervene.

Miss RATHBONE

Will the hon. Member make some representations to the Welsh Central Board, and does not that board receive grants from the Board of Education

Mr. SHAKESPEARE

I think that it would be right that we should call the attention of the board to the complaints made by the hon. Lady.