SCHOOL ATTENDANCE EXEMPTION (BENEFICIAL EMPLOYMENT). (Hansard, 10 February 1938)

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§ Mr. White
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether any steps have been taken to establish a standard of beneficial employment?

Mr. Lindsay
No, Sir. The establishment of a standard of beneficial employment does not seem to my Noble Friend to be contemplated by the Education Act, 1936. But he is glad to observe that local education authorities up and down the country are conferring with one another with a view to avoiding a situation
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penditure under this section for the last year for which figures are available?

Mr. Lindsay
The information is as follows:
in which adjoining authorities take different views as to the beneficial character of a substantially identical type of employment.