HC Deb 21 October 1943 vol 392 cc1510-1
43. Mr. Lindsay

asked the President of the Board of Education on what date he received the Interim Report of the Fleming Committee and why it was not published until after the Debate on the White Paper?

Mr. Butler

The Special Report of the Fleming Committee was presented on 17th April last. The Report was concerned almost exclusively with a problem of which, as stated in paragraph 32 of the White Paper, consideration has been postponed for the present. It was thus thought better that the publication of this Report should follow the issue of the White Paper which indicates the main lines of Government policy.