§ Mr. SWANasked the President of the Board of Education whether the Board views with favour the proposal that every local education authority should be 1796W assisted by an advisory committee representing the various kinds and grades of teachers within its area, nominated by the local branches of the teachers' professional associations, on the lines of the Teachers' Registration Council, empowered to submit suggestions and reports on educational matters for the consideration of the local education authority?
§ Mr. FISHERI am in sympathy with the suggestion that local education authorities should avail themselves of the help which advisory committees of teachers can give by way of advice and suggestion on educational matters; but it is obviously desirable that arrangements or the appointment of such committees should be settled between the authority and the teachers concerned in each case. I am glad to see that many authorities are making such arrangements.