§ Mr. Marshallasked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that the Sheffield Education Committee has in its primary schools 240 classes with more than 50 children in each, covering 1716W one quarter of the entire primary school population; and what steps he proposes to take to remedy this state of overcrowding?
§ Mr. ButlerThe answer to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative. The local education authority have this matter under active consideration with a view to taking appropriate action to reduce the number of large classes which have resulted from war damage and other difficulties of staffing and accommodation.