Mr. J. JONESasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the statement in Parliament that 1303W nearly 200 children, including many urgent cases of cripples, mentally defective, tubercular, and delicate boys and girls, are waiting for admission to the special school recently built by the Barking education authority; and whether, in view of the fact that the Board of Education refuses to allow this school to be used to its full capacity, the Ministry of Health are taking any action to secure that these children shall receive the care and attention which their condition requires?
§ Sir A. MONDThe answer to the first part of the hon. Member's question is in the affirmative; the matter referred to in the second part of the question is one solely within the jurisdiction of the Board of Education.