Mr. Mitchellasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he can state the date when the Ministry first had before it the question of making a contribution order, under Section 128 (1) of the Education Act, 1921, against the Heston and Isleworth authority for the cost of educating certain Heston and Isleworth children in the Brentford and Chiswick St. John's Roman Catholic School; whether, in the public interest, he can expedite a decision; and whether the point at issue has been reproduced elsewhere and, if so, with what result?
Mr. LindsayThe question of a contribution order under Section 128 of the Education Act, 1921, against Heston and Isleworth was first raised in a letter from the local education authority for Brentford and Chiswick dated 12th November, 1936. The Board's decision is about to be communicated to the authorities. The delay has been due partly to the Board's efforts to secure an agreement between the two local education authorities, and partly to 3123W the illness of the gentleman who conducted the public inquiry. The circumstances of this case were unique.