Major BARNESasked the President of the Board of Education if he has received a memorandum from the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Teachers' Association demanding an inquiry into the condition of the schools of that city; and what steps he proposes to take in the matter?
§ Mr. FISHERThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The ordinary machinery of inspection and reports, together with the annual returns made by the local education authority, provide sufficient means of information upon the state of the schools706W in any area. The returns from Newcastle-upon-Tyne for the year ended the 31st March, 1920, are now under examination.