§ Sir R. NEWMANasked the President of the Board of Education what decision he has arrived at in regard to the representations made to him by the deputation of local education authorities on the 25th June last as to the inequity of including Government grants to training colleges in the calculation of higher education deficiency grants; and whether an early intimation on the matter can be given to the local authorities concerned so that they may be able to make the necessary provision in their financial estimates for the forthcoming year?
§ Mr. FISHERI am not at present in a position to make a statement on the subject, but I am quite alive to its importance for the consideration of the finance of training colleges.