§ Sir R. ASKEasked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that, in consequence of the school-leaving age being fixed at the end of terms instead of being dependent on the attainment of a standard age by the scholar, a number of boys in industrial areas come into the labour market at one time, with the result that many of them have to wait substantial periods before they can obtain work; and whether he will favourably consider the introduction 60W 1920 to 1929, inclusive, and of the quantities and declared values of the wheat (including flour) imported into the United Kingdom during the same period:
of legislation to make the school-leaving age co-terminous with the attainment of a standard age by the individual scholars?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANI am satisfied that the educational advantages of Section 138 (1) of the Education Act, 1921, outweigh any disadvantages which its requirements may involve, and I see no sufficient ground for proposing any modification in the present law.