§ Mr. D. SOMERVILLEasked the President of the Board of Education whether, in the interval which must elapse before the reintroduction of the Education Bill dealing with the raising of the school-leaving age, he will endeavour to meet and satisfy the criticisms which have been made of this Measure by educational and religious bodies?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANI should be very glad to meet any reasonable criticisms, but, as I said in my speech on the Second Reading of the Bill, the arrangement which I proposed to the House represents a balance which would easily be upset, and concessions in one direction might arouse irreconcilable opposition in another.
§ Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLEasked the President of the Board of Education whether, in view of the withdrawal of the Education Bill, he has intimated to local education authorities the desirability of suspending expenditure on extension schemes arising out of the raising of the school age?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANNo, Sir. As the Prime Minister stated in the House last week, the Government propose to carry out their intention to pass into law, before the end of the calendar year, a Measure to extend the school-leaving age.