§ Sir R. Rankinasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what proportion of State-aided schools in the country enforce the opposition of the National Union of Teachers to talks being given in the schools on the Defence forces; and what steps he is taking to allow schools to be used for these talks, in view of the fact that the Defence services of this country cannot be maintained on a voluntary basis unless there is a reasonable amount of propaganda?
Mr. LindsayI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Finchley on 15th June, of which I am sending him a copy. The Board have no information as to the number of schools in which talks on the Defence forces have been given.