§ 28. Mr. Sorensenasked the President of the Board of Education whether in his prospective education proposals he will make special provision for the establishment by county councils of residential colleges for adults in which short courses of general cultural education could be given on the lines of the scheme adopted by the Essex County Council?
§ Mr. ButlerNo special provision is required to enable local education authorities to establish such institutions as the hon. Member has in mind. I certainly regard the extension of facilities for adult education, which may well include some residential provision, as an important feature of future educational development.
§ Mr. SorensenIn view of the unanimous report of this very important county council with regard to this proposal, will not the right hon. Gentleman at least circularise the various county councils in this country encouraging them to follow the same course?
§ Mr. ButlerI think that this subject will certainly come up in the course of our discussions on education. I should certainly like to take every possible step to encourage a development of this sort.