HC Deb 11 August 1920 vol 133 c441W
Sir J. D. REES

asked the President of the Board of Education what direct or indirect action he has taken in order to make use of the cinema for educational purposes; whether he is aware that the Minister of Public Instruction in Prance has appointed a commission to consider this question; and whether he proposes to consider it himself?

Mr. FISHER

The use of the cinematograph for educational purposes is being carefully watched by the Board's officers and they are in touch with the Committee of the London County Council which is considering the matter. I am quite alive to its possibilities, but I should not feel justified at the present stage in pressing local educational authorities to incur expenditure at the present time on its introduction into the schools.