HC Deb 02 December 1937 vol 329 cc2241-2
60. Mr. Ede

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether the Board have been consulted by the Reigate Education Committee about the proposal to sell their Cromwell Road Council School to the Church authorities, and giving the purchasers a 75 per cent. grant towards the purchase money; and under what statutory power the local education authority is acting with regard to such a sale?

Mr. Lindsay

The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative; the second part, therefore, does not arise.

Mr. Ede

Is the hon. Gentleman aware that the chairman of the education committee concerned stated that he had had an interview with the inspectors of the Board on the matter in submitting it to the education committee?

Mr. Lindsay

I would like to look into that matter. Nothing has as yet come to the attention of the Board.