§ Mr. LOWTHasked the President of the Board of Education if he will give the number and names of the local education authorities which have exercised their power to raise the age of compulsory school attendance to 15 years of age; and what steps, if any, the Government proposes to take to urge upon those local authorities who have not raised the age to exercise this power?
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§ Lord E. PERCYThe number of authorities is two: the authorities are those for Carnarvonshire and East Suffolk. As regards the second part of the question, I do not propose to take any action on the lines suggested by the hon. Member at the present time.