HC Deb 30 July 1919 vol 118 c2131W
Lieut. Commander KENWORTHY

asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that the new Regulations issued by the Board of Education for the constitution of the governing bodies of the State-aided secondary schools are regarded as an infringement of religious liberty by many Protestant dissenters; and if he can make a statement to reassure the members of Nonconformist denominations?

Mr. FISHER

The principle of religious liberty is fully recognised in Articles 5 and 10 of the Regulations, which remain unchanged, and I see no ground for apprehension that the religious liberty which children of all denominations enjoy in State-aided secondary schools will be impaired.