§ 75. Mr. Boyd-Carpenterasked the Minister of Education why he has discriminated against teachers sent to Canada under the exchange scheme last year by denying grants to them in respect of the cost of living, notwithstanding the fact that such grants were made to teachers proceeding to the U.S.A. at the same time and to Canada this year.
§ Mr. TomlinsonLast summer I received information which led me to decide to make a grant to teachers going to Canada on exchange for the present educational year. The 1947–48 exchange teachers had already completed their year of service, which they undertook without expecting any Exchequer grant, and it is impossible to make them a retrospective payment. The exchange of 139W teachers with the United States is conducted under a separate scheme and under conditions which are not altogether comparable.