§ House in Committee (according to Order).
§ Preamble agreed to.
§ Clause 1 (Short title and construction); and Clause 2 (Obligation to make bye-laws as to the attendance of children at school); severally agreed to.
§ Clause 3 (Power of school attendance committee to make bye-laws).
§ In reply to Earl DE LA WARR,
§ EARL SPENCERsaid, that it gave power to the attendance committees, without a requisition from the parish, to make such bye-laws as they could now make on parochial requisition; and it further gave power to the Education Department to make such bye-laws if the attendance committees failed to do so.
§ Clause agreed to,
§ Remaining Clauses agreed to.
§ House resumed.
§ Bill reported, without Amendment; and to be read 3ª To-morrow.