§ Sir H. CAYZERasked the Minister of Labour whether, seeing that the Southampton branch of the training department, Ministry of Labour, on 31st May, 1922, advised Mr. T. S. Connor, 11, Belle Vue Terrace, Southsea, a trainee under the industrial training scheme, University College Southampton, that his training would enable him to take up an appointment in an elementary or private school as a woodwork and drill instructor, he will explain why the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour, in a letter dated 19th March, 1336W 1924, reference TDS 767/1924, stated that the course which Mr. Connor had taken was intended to fit him for employment in private schools, and does not receive recognition from the Board of Education?
§ Mr. SHAWThe information given to Mr. T. S. Connor on the 31st May, 1922, was incorrect in so far as it stated that his course of training would qualify him for appointment to an elementary school. Subsequently, however, he and all the men concerned were explicitly informed, before they embarked on the course, that it was intended to qualify them for work in private schools, and that there was no possibility of their being appointed to elementary schools under the Board of Education.