Debate on An Act for the Better Regulation of Schools

Official report · Assembly of SchwartzistanSession 1918 · col. 10628

The Speaker: The question before the House is that the Bill be now read a third time and do pass. I call the Minister.

Friedl Tiendiech (Minister of Education): I beg to move the third reading of the Bill, and I shall be brief. I am told the Bill is a small one. It is. Most Bills that concern children are. The printed Bill says it better than I can: Applies to children between 5 and 11. I move.

Karl Brenn (The Sudmark; The Reed Party): Mr. Speaker, I ask the Minister one thing: does the Bill send an officer out to the farms, and if it does, who feeds him? In The Sudmark, which I have the honour to sit for, the Bill will be read at the market cross and understood by half. The schools will do what the Bill says, as they do what every Bill says, and the children will not notice. The clause is short and I shall not read it. I cannot vote for the Bill as it stands and I shall not.

Roderik Brenn (The Osmoor; The Reed Party): Mr. Speaker, I ask the Minister one thing: does the Bill send an officer out to the farms, and if it does, who feeds him? My constituents in The Osmoor wrote to me about the Bill, all 9 of them, and they were against it until they read it. The Ministry's textbooks are the Ministry's and I have no observation to make on their contents. I have the Bill before me and the House has it before it. I oppose the third reading. [Interruption.]

Sigmund Brenn (The Sudmark; The Workers' Front): Mr. Speaker, The Front supports the Bill where it helps the families of the Line and opposes it where it charges them. My constituents in The Sudmark wrote to me about the Bill, all 7 of them, and they were against it until they read it. I am for the schoolmasters, who are underpaid, and for the Bill, which does not pay them. The clause is short and I shall not read it. I shall vote against the Bill. [Shame.]

The Minister, in reply, said that the points raised were answered in the printed Bill and that the Ministry would consider the rest.

The Speaker: The question is that the Bill be now read a third time and do pass. As many as are of that opinion say Aye. [Ayes.] Of the contrary, No. [Noes.] A division was claimed.

The Speaker: The Ayes have it. The Bill is passed and will go to the Grand Chancellor for assent.

The House adjourned at half past 3 in the afternoon.