The debate on the Secondary Education Bill in the House
of Lords on Monday was very much of an academic discussion, since it is not proposed to carry the Bill this Session beyond the second reading stage. Lord Spencer, who was supported by Lord Kimberley and the Bishop of Hereford, found fault with the Bill on the grounds that it placed too much power in the bands of the Education Board without Parliamentary restriction, and that it was totally inadequate to the needs of the case. The Duke of Devonshire defended his measure, but without great enthusiasm. For ourselves, we think the scheme of local Educational Committee a sound one, for it provides for a supervision of existing endowments, and it enables use to be made, as the Duke pointed out, of the various denominational schools. But the objection of in- adequacy may be harder for its supporters to meet.
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