NECESSITOUS SCHOOL CHILDREN (BOOTS).

HC Deb 24 September 1931 vol 256 cc1826-7W

Mr. E. WILLIAMS

asked the President of the Board of Education if he will make a special grant to education committees in order that they may provide boots for necessitous school children?

Sir D. MACLEAN

I have no statutory power to authorise local education authorities to provide boots for necessitous school children or to make a special grant for this purpose.