§ 68. Mr. Charles Brownasked the President of the Board of Education whether there are any regulations in any county or county borough of England and Wales governing the distribution of political literature to headmasters, headmistresses, or teachers at the schools?
Mr. StanleyI have no knowledge of regulations such as the hon. Member refers to having been made by any county or county borough in England and Wales.
§ Mr. BrownIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that political literature has recently been distributed, including a 1160 manifesto and an enrolment card, in the schools of Nottinghamshire by an organisation calling itself the National Labour party, and, in view of that fact, will he view with complacency other political parties doing the same sort of thing?
Mr. StanleyIf the hon. Member has any information, perhaps he will bring it to my notice. He will realise that teachers, as well as being teachers, are human beings, and are entitled as such to hold political views.
§ Mr. BrownI am asking whether it is permissible to do this in the schools, and whether if one party does it can we all do it?