§ Mr. PATRICK WHITEasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he will suggest to the Commissioners of National Education the advisability of relaxing their rules so as to enable teachers to publicly identify themselves with organisations assisting the Government in obtaining recruits for His Majesty's Army; and if he is aware that the absence of teachers from recruiting meetings is generally misunderstood in country districts and has an injurious effect on the objects of these meetings?
§ Mr. BIRRELLTeachers in national schools are not debarred under the Code from attending meetings held for the purpose of furthering recruiting in His Majesty's Forces, and, thus, if there is any such general abstention as the hon. Member suggests it is not due to any interference on the part of the Commissioners of National Education, who, on the contrary, highly approve of their teachers lending their influence and assistance in this cause.