§ Mr. BOTTOMLEYasked the President of the Board of Education whether, in view of the closing of Council schools during the Coronation week, arrangements will be made under which the peripatetic 196W teachers, who are paid only for the lessons given by them, will not be deprived of their means of livelihood?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe matter lies within the discretion of the local education authorities, who employ the teachers, and cannot be dealt with by the Board of Education.