Mr. SIMONasked the President of the Board of Education whether the local education authorities will be represented on the committee to consider the raising of the school-leaving age?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANNo, Sir. The committee, which is, of course, already at work, is a purely inter-departmental committee. The hon. Member may, however, rest assured that I shall take the local education authorities into consultation in due course.
§ Sir J. POWERasked the President of the Board of Education which local authorities have made by-laws under the Education Act, 1918, requiring the compulsory attendance of children at school until they are 15 years of age?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANThe four local education authorities which have made by-laws raising the age of compulsory attendance to 15 are Carnarvonshire, East Suffolk, Plymouth and Cornwall.