§ Mr. R. RICHARDSONasked the President of the Board of Education whether his attention has been drawn to the dilapidated condition of the school situated at Cold Knucles, Ryhope, and the complaints of the parents of the children attending the school as to its unsanitary condition, and to the fact that the pupils have to be removed from place to place when rain is falling so as to prevent their getting drenched; and whether he will give permission to the local education authority to at once replace it by building another school?
§ Lord E. PERCYI assume the school to which the hon. Member refers is the Ryhope Council School. I am aware that the premises of this school are unsatisfactory, though I have received no complaints from parents of children attending it. The school has been placed in Schedule B of the list of schools with642W defective premises recently issued by my Department to the local authority. I have received no proposal from the authority to replace the school, but, I am prepared to consider any proposals which they may submit in this case as part of their scheme for dealing with the problem of defective school accommodation in their area.