§ 14. Mr. Dempseyasked the Minister of Education what provision is made in the curricula for those school leavers who enter commercial and distributive employment with a view to facilitating an understanding of the nature and importance of Scottish bank notes and familiarising people with them as a medium of exchange.
§ Sir E. BoyleI do not know of any, but I do not collect detailed information of this character.
§ Mr. DempseyThe right hon. Gentleman must have some interest in the curricula in schools in England. Does not he realise that school leavers entering, for instance, the distributive trades are completely unfamiliar with Scottish bank notes? In addition to training English pupils with the assistance of imitation English bank notes, will the right hon. Gentleman introduce the use of imitation Scottish bank notes so as to avoid 1289 embarrassment to school leavers working in shops and to Scottish people doing their shopping in England?
§ Sir E. BoyleIf I were to send round a circular telling all the schools that they should teach their pupils about Scottish bank notes, then I think some of the charges currently being made against me might acquire some plausibility.