§ Mr. Maxwell-Hyslopasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why his Department instructed Devon County Council to refuse admittance to Teignmouth County Secondary School to two boys from Cyprus, Vass Markou and Pauli Michali, refugees whom the headmaster was willing to admit, and the circumstances in which this interdiction was withdrawn.
§ Mr. Alexander W. Lyon :The Home Office has issued no such instructions, and it is not for us to say who may or may not attend a local authority-maintained school. In these cases there was evidently some misunderstanding following a telephone inquiry made of the Home Office by the education authority, but this has now been cleared up. The difficulty arose from a misunderstanding of the change in the Im- 256W migration Rules made in January 1973 whereby no child is normally allowed to enter this country for the purpose only of obtaining education at public expense.