Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 12 May 1924.
I was not able to be present at the meeting of the Committee upstairs, but I should like to join with others who were there in asking that this Bill should be for only one year. I entirely agree with all the reasons that have been given, and I have my own wish that the funding of the teachers' contribution should be taken in hand as soon as possible. I trust that as the Departmental Report has now been in the hands of the Government the President of the Board of Education may find it possible to bring in a Bill dealing with that matter next year. I venture to press that question because I think it is most important for the teachers themselves and for the best interests of the profession.