HC Deb 06 May 1948 vol 450 c152W
83. Mr. Sparks

asked the Minister of Education what arrangements are made for the education of the children of canal boatmen who live upon their boats and who have no permanent residence ashore.

Mr. Tomlinson

There are two schools in Middlesex which cater specially for the education of canal boat children. At the request of the National Joint Council for the Inland Waterway Industry the Birmingham local education authority are considering the establishment of a hostel where a number of these children can be accommodated and so enabled to attend school more easily.

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