Mr. SIMONasked the President of the Board of Education whether he has considered the case referred to him of the refusal by the education committee of the Lancashire County Council to approve the appointment of an assistant teacher in the Little Hulton Primitive Methodist School on the ground that she had not served as a teacher since September, 1921; whether he is aware that the man who was appointed had not served as a teacher for a much longer period; and whether he proposes to approve of the action of the County Council under the circumstances?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANI have considered this case, and have decided in favour of the Authority upon the only question which arose for my determination, namely, whether the reason given by the authority for withholding their consent to the appointment proposed by the managers was an educational one. I am informed that no permanent appointment to the post in question has yet been made.