§ Mr. Parkinasked the Minister of Works what steps are being taken by his Department to popularise the study of practical archaeology.
§ Sir D. EcclesI have been asked to reply. My Department is arranging a course which will give teachers experience of field-work at Verulamium; my officers are helping to simplify the arrangements for free visits by parties of schoolchildren to ancient monuments and historical buildings; and financial help is given to organisations concerned with adult education, whose courses include some in archaeology and local history.