Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 1 May 1922.
Sir J. D. REES:
51.asked the President of the Board of Education whether his attention has been called to the difference between his estimate of£75,450,000 for cost to rates and taxes of education for 1922–23 and the estimate of the Geddes Report of£103,000,000 for the same year, the addition to his figures of£13,000,000 for Scotland, leaving a difference of£15,000,000 for which no explanation has so far been offered; and whether he has any statement to make?