§ Mr. C. BATHURSTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to a meeting on Monday last of the council of the National Education Association, at which a resolution was passed to the effect that the present condition of educational finance is a danger to progress, creates a serious deficiency of school accommodation and injures efficiency, and that educational reforms which are urgently needed should not be delayed by discussions as to the basis of rating and taxation; and whether he proposes to take any action in the matter?
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§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEMy attention had not been drawn to the resolution referred to. The matter is one for the President of the Board of Education to consider in the first place.