Unemployment Insurance (No. 2) Bill.

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education. – in the House of Commons am ar 8 Mai 1924.

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Photo of Mr Ernest Simon Mr Ernest Simon , Manchester, Withington

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asked the President of the Board of Education whether he has received representations from local education authorities protesting against the proposals in the Unemployment Insurance (No. 2) Bill, under which children between the ages of 14 and 16 are to be treated as industrial units and handed over to the Ministry of Labour instead of being regarded as children who ought to be at school and under the care of the education authorities; and what action does he propose to take in the matter?