§ Mr. J. DAVIESasked the President of the Board of Education whether his attention has been called to the fact that Clause 7 in the Appendix to the Regulations for Secondary Schools, Wales (including Monmouthshire), 1922, is in direct contravention of Clause 84 of some of the intermediate and technical schemes framed under the provisions of the Welsh Intermediate Education Act, 1889 (e.g., the Denbighshire Scheme); whether he is aware that, by Departmental action on the part of the Board of Education, the Welsh education authorities are being gradually deprived of the statutory powers conferred upon them by the said Act; and, if so, what action he proposes to take in the matter?
Mr. WOOD:By virtue of Section 121 of the Education Act, 1921, the Clause in the Welsh County Scheme, to which the hon. Member refers, has ceased to be operative in so far as it is inconsistent with paragraph 7 of the Appendix to the Board's Regulations for Secondary Schools. With regard to the second part. of the question, I know of no grounds for the suggestion made by the hon. Member.