I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether he has come to an arrangement with the Central Welsh Board whereby the dual inspection of intermediate schools in Wales which has been condemned by Welsh educationists and schoolmasters shall cease; and, if so, what is the arrangement.

I am aware of the serious objections to the present system of dual inspection, and I hope means may be found to put an end to it, but I am not yet in a position to make any statement on the subject.