§ 35. Sir William Jenkinsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he proposes to revise the regulations governing the payment of grants in respect of elementary schools to include provision for the payment of grant in respect of the absence of children with their parents while on their week's holiday with pay?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education (Mr. Kenneth Lindsay)No revision of the grant regulations is necessary, but my Noble Friend proposes to take the necessary administrative action to safeguard local education authorities against loss of grant.
§ Mr. ThorneIn the event of parents having holidays with pay taking their 2109 children away with them, will the local authorities penalise them in consequence of their absence?
§ Mr. LindsayDefinitely no.