§ 48. Mr. Shortasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether, in consequence of the protests of His Majesty's Inspector, the Doncaster local education authority has formulated any scheme to enable school children between eight and eleven years to continue to receive swimming instruction during school hours; and, if not, will the Board invite the local authority to put forward a new scheme?
Mr. LindsayAs I explained in my answer to the hon. Member on the 12th May, the swimming accommodation in Doncaster is insufficient to enable all the children to receive instruction from the age of eight. In these circumstances, it is, in the Board's view, desirable that preference should be given to the older children, and I understand that the authority's new scheme provides for such preference. The Board are, however, prepared to consider any proposals which the authority may desire to make.