§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will use his powers under the Education Act 1944 with regard to the refusal of the Inner London Education Authority to call a meeting of the management body of Sir William Tyndale School, Islington, or to treat the meeting 118W called in accordance with Schedule 4 to that Act as a valid meeting of that body.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonNo. On the information available to the Department, the action of the authority does not appear to have involved the exercise of any of its statutory functions; it is not, therefore, within the potential scope of my right hon. Friend's powers. Without detailed enquiry my right hon. Friend could not judge whether any particular meeting had been convened and conducted in accordance with the relevant statutory requirements. The proceedings of the meeting recently convened by the managers do not appear to raise any question touching the possible exercise of my right hon. Friend's statutory functions; he has, therefore, no basis for further enquiry into the matter.