Convent National Schools.

HC Deb 24 July 1913 vol 55 cc2233-4W

Captain CRAIG

asked the Chief Secretary the names of the convent national schools where the lay assistants are dismissed before, and reappointed after, the summer vacation, for the purpose of depriving them of their salary for the intervening time; the lay assistants who have been dismissed during the past three years and not reappointed; and the steps which the Board proposes to take to rectify these abuses?

Mr. BIRRELL

The Commissioners of National Education are not aware that any such practice exists.