§ Mr. KINGasked the President of the Board of Education whether a communication was sent on 9th February to the Dover Education Committee stating that the provision of a new council school, in place of Christ Church school, was a matter of such urgency that it could not be postponed on account of the War; whether he has now consented to the postponement, whilst strongly urging the local authority to take all preliminary steps by selecting and securing a site and preparing and submitting plans, so that the work may proceed as soon as circumstances permit; whether the local authority has decided to take none of these steps at present; and what steps do the Board propose to take in these circumstances?
Mr. HENDERSONThe facts are as stated in the first and second questions, though the date given should be the 15th January. With regard to the third question, the Board are not aware that the Authority have taken any such decision; and the fourth question, therefore, does not at present arise.