§ Mr. McENTEEasked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that a number of physically-defective children within the area of the Walthamstow education area, who are of school age, are now being denied facilities for elementary education; that application was made to his Department in 2948W April, 1921, by the said authority to sanction a scheme to enable them to provide the education which, under Section 20 of the Education Act, 1918, it is their duty to provide, and that the plane submitted were generally approved by his Department, but sanction to proceed with the scheme was withheld on the ground of the necessity for economy; that the authority named is one of the most economical in the Greater London area; and whether he will now sanction the scheme of this education authority?
Mr. WOODI am a ware that there is some deficiency in the provision for physically-defective children in Walthamstow. I have not been able to enter closely into the merits of the case, but I am prepared to give it further consideration.