§ Mr. MILLSasked the President of the Board of Education whether, in view of the fact that the Economy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill cannot be discussed before the adjournment of the Rouse and cannot even, if subsequently approved by Parliament, become law for some months, he has sanctioned the abandonment of the London day continuation schools at the close of the present term?
Mr. LEWISThe practical question before my right hon. Friend was whether in the existing circumstances he would be justified in insisting, under penalty of reduction of grant, that the London County Council should enforce the attendance of young persons at day continuation schools, in face of the considered resolution of the newly elected council. My right hon. Friend regrets greatly that the service of day continuation schools under the provisions of the Act of 1918 on the basis of obligatory attendance should be suspended, but in the circumstances he did not feel that insistence would be justified.