§ 24. Sir J. HOODasked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that the county secondary school for girls is at present housed at the technical institute in Gladstone Road, Wimbledon, pending the erection of a new building in Merton Hall Road, the site for which was acquired some considerable time ago, causing great inconvenience in the carrying on of the other work at the technical institute; that there has been great delay in the erection of the new school; what is the reason for the delay; and whether he can see his way to expedite the erection of the new building?
§ Mr. FISHERPlans for the erection of a new girls' school at Wimbledon have been submitted to the Board by the local education authority. Large expenditure is involved, and I am obliged to look at the proposal very carefully in relation to the finance of public education, and I am not at present in a position to give a decision upon it.