§ Mr. MILLARasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has received any representations from the edu- 1127W cation committees of the cities and county councils in Scotland on the subject of the postponement of the raising of the school age in Scotland; and the names of the authorities which have submitted representations and the date they have proposed for the coming into operation of the change?
Mr. W. ADAMSONRepresentations on the subject of the postponement of the raising of the school-leaving age in Scotland have been received from the education committees of Perth and Kinross, Angus, Edinburgh and West Lothian, and from the county councils of Moray and Nairn, Wigtown and Renfrew. In two cases only, Edinburgh and Renfrew, was a date suggested, the year in each case being 1934.