Sir J. HARMOOD-BANNERasked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware of the serious burden which the ratepayers of local education authorities maintaining training colleges are carrying, and will continue to carry, during the deliberations of the proposed Departmental Committee, unless the local authorities decide to close the colleges or the Government reinstate, as a temporary measure, the capitation grants which u ere paid to these colleges prior to the 31st March, 1919; and whether he will state the steps ho proposes to take to relieve the financial strain of the authorities maintaining training colleges?
§ Mr. E. WOODI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave on the 22nd February to the Noble Lord the Member for South Nottingham (Lord H. Cavendish-Bentinck).