§ 14. Professor Savoryasked the Minister of Education why the people of Palgrave, East Suffolk, have to apply to the Education Committee at the County Hall. Ipswich, which is 22 miles distant, every time they desire the use of their school for meetings or social functions, in view of the fact that the school was built and extended by the voluntary subscriptions of the parishioners alone, and that it 485 sometimes takes two months for a reply to be received to applications for the use of the school.
§ Mr. TomlinsonPalgrave School is a controlled voluntary school and the local education authority are therefore entitled under the Education Act, 1944, to determine what use is made of the premises save on Sundays and exceptionally on Saturdays.
§ Professor SavoryWould it not be possible to appoint a local representative to give permission to use this school? Why should these people have to apply to Ipswich? Will not the right hon. Gentleman take a good pair of scissors and cut through this red tape?
§ Mr. TomlinsonIf I thought red tape was binding this place to Ipswich I should certainly cut it, but there ought to be no delay; there is little or no delay in any other authority working in the same circumstances.
§ Professor SavoryThe delay is two months, according to the rector of the parish.