§ Mr. Adamsonasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether his attention has been drawn to a resolution passed at a recent conference of the Association of Superintendents of School Attendance Officers in favour of legislation to ensure that proper educational facilities should be made compulsory for children living now on canal boats; and whether he is prepared to give the matter full investigation and consideration?
Mr. LindsayMy attention has been drawn to this resolution. It is a matter of general agreement amongst those who have investigated the problem that the only satisfactory way of securing the regular attendance of these children at school would be to prohibit their presence on the