§ Mr. Treeasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether, in view of the large number of children under five years of age now likely to be permanently resident in 1080W reception areas, any steps have been taken to provide emergency courses for trained assistants in nursery schools?
Mr. LindsayThe question of providing for children under five years of age in the reception areas is being actively considered by the Departments concerned. The needs of the present moment are, however, too urgent to wait for the establishment of nursery schools of the ordinary type, and must be met by more makeshift measures. While arrangements for training helpers may have to be made, such training would necessarily be different from that given in ordinary circumstances to trained assistants in nursery schools.