§ Dr. CHAPPLEasked the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware that the amount allotted to the Stirling county committee on secondary education for the year 1912–13 was only £10,959, as compared with £14,281 for 1910–11; and whether he can hold out any hope that this reduction of Grant will soon be remedied?
Mr. McKINNON WOODI am aware of the circumstances referred to in the question. The financial position of the secondary education committees has received my careful and sympathetic consideration. Under the proposals recently laid before the House by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer it will be possible to give substantial assistance to these bodies, and I hope to make a statement on the subject at an early date.