HC Deb 12 June 1918 vol 106 cc2231-2W
Mr. SNOWDEN

asked the President of the Board of Education if, in view of the importance of utilising the school time of the children to the best advantage, he will give encouragement to the movement for a simplified system of spelling by which it is estimated that about two years of the school time of each child may be saved?

Mr. FISHER

I understand that experiments in the use of a form of simplified spelling are being carried on in a few schools. I am always desirous of encouraging promising experiments.