Part of Orders of the Day — Local Government (Scotland) Bill. – in the House of Commons at on 26 April 1929.
I think I can reassure the hon. Gentleman opposite upon the points which he has raised. I am aware, of course, of the representations which the hon. Gentleman made to the Education Department upon the subject. We thought, as I think he agreed, that it was infinitely better to avoid all dubiety upon this subject by placing this Schedule in the body of the Bill, and we have taken absolutely in all respects the conditions which appertain to this matter in dealing with payment from the last regulation issued by the Department for which I am responsible dealing with these matters of education, I can assure the hon. Gentleman that, having gone into this matter very carefully, having been advised both by the officials of my Education Department and by the Law Officers, that in fact we are putting into effect the actual conditions which have existed in Scotland. That was the pledge which I gave to the House in the original case, and I understand as far as I am concerned, it has been very largely carried out.