§ Mr. Whiteasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education 1650W whether he is aware that the centenary of the Board of Education and the Department which preceded it falls in this year; and whether he can state what is proposed to be done to mark and celebrate this event?
Mr. LindsayThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The extent and quality of the present public system of education and the existing measure of assistance from public funds—£100,000,000 as compared with the original grant of £20,000—are, in my Noble Friend's view, the best panegyric of the accomplishments of the last 100 years.