§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREasked the President of the Board of Education whether 1458W the total of the imports of carpets into this country from Czechoslovakia for the last, five years; whether there are any exports of carpets from this country to Czechoslovakia; and, if so, what the figures are for the same period?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMThe following table shows, in respect of the undermentioned descriptions of carpets, carpeting and rugs, the quantity and declared value of the total imports into, and domestic exports from the United Kingdom registered as consigned from and to Czechoslovakia during the years 1926 to 1930.
he is urging local education authorities to build and provide forthwith such increased number of places in public elementary schools as will be required in the event of the school-leaving age being raised by one year within two years' time; and whether he has recently sanctioned for grant any building programmes submitted to him by local education authorities involving the provision of accommodation in excess of the requirements needed for the education of children up to the age limit laid down in the existing law?
§ Mr. MORGAN JONESThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. My right hon. Friend is send- 1459W ing the hon. Member a copy of a memorandum which he has recently addressed to local education authorities on the matter. As regards the second part of the question, the Board have recently approved, in accordance with the lines indicated in that memorandum, some proposals providing accommodation for children up to the age of 15, to the extent which it is anticipated would be required if the school age were raised from some date after the end of the period of special pressure which will be felt in the senior schools.