§ Mr. ATKEYasked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that the proposal to raise the limit of school rates from 2s. 3d. in the £ to 4s. in the £ is considered abrupt and excessive; and whether he is prepared to reconsider the retention of the 2s. 3d. limit, or a postponement of the new limit until 1921 or 1922, or in the alternative to make the new limit 3s. in the £?
§ Mr. FISHERI would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave on the 20th instant to the hon. Member for Colne Valley (Mr. Mallalieu). I see no prospect of reverting to the "prescribed amount" of 2s. 3d.