§ Mr. KINGasked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that at Tideswell, Derbyshire, children applying to be admitted to the council school have been refused admission and sent to the Church of England school; and whether he will take immediate steps to assert the right of parents to send their children to a school within their parish in which there is ample accommodation available?
§ Mr. J. A. PEASEI have no information with regard to the matter referred to in this question, but I am making inquiries.
§ Mr. KINGasked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware of the regulations made by the Derbyshire county education authority, under which 2109W children applying for admission to Tideswell council school have been refused because it was not the beginning of a term; whether such regulations contravene Article 53 of the Code; and whether the Grant to the Tideswell council school will be endangered if admission is refused to children presenting themselves?
§ Mr. PEASEI have not seen the regulations referred to, and can express no opinion upon them. Any dispute arising under Article 53 (a) as to the reasonableness of exclusion would, of course, be decided on its merits, but no case in connection with this school has been brought to my notice. Without further information I can make no statement with regard to the last part of the question.