§ Mr. SWANasked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that Belgium, France, Germany, Finland, America, and Japan are all increasing the educational facilities for their children, i.e., by improving the public educational service with the specific objective of better equipping their people in the race of civilisation; and how we compare with these countries in educational schemes?
§ Mr. FISHERIt is, I believe, true that each of the countries named is spending more upon education than before the War. I am not in a position to say to what extent educational facilities have been actually increased, but I. have every reason to believe that the countries named are endeavouring to improve their public educational service. The information at my disposal is, however, insufficient to afford a reliable basis for any useful comparison between those countries and our own in respect of educational schemes.