asked the Secretary for Scotland if he is aware that the Stirlingshire education authority has fixed a maximum of £300 as the income beyond which no maintenance grant will be paid to assist in educating children of parents with incomes beyond the foregoing maximum; and if, seeing that, in view of Section 4, sub-section (3), of the Education (Scotland) Act, 1918, education authorities cannot fix any maximum without inquiring into the whole circumstances of every applicant, he will state what action he proposes to take to enforce authorities to comply with Section 4 of the foregoing Act?

Mr. ADAMSON:

If my hon. Friend refers to the education authority's bursary scheme, he will find that the figure he names is not an absolute maximum, and that the authority have reserved the fullest discretion to disregard it on good cause shown.