[297]. The East Ham Echo, August 22, 1913.

[298]. At Brighton meals were provided on Saturdays by the Local Education Authority out of the rates till January, 1909, when it was declared to be ultra vires. (Report on the Medical Inspection of School Children in Brighton for 1908, p. 99.)

[299]. Minutes of the London County Council, February 2, 1909, p. 121; Minutes of the Education Committee, November 23, 1910, p. 991.

[300]. Hansard, March 27, 1911, 5th Series, Vol. 23, pp. 1074-5.

[301]. See Education (Administrative Provisions) Bills, April 14, 1910 (No. 128), February 19, 1912 (No. 18), April 15, 1913 (No. 101), which all contained a clause for provision of school meals during the holidays; Education (Provision of Meals) Act Amendment Bills, July 20, 1910 (No. 265); April 19, 1911 (No. 181); March 13, 1912 (No. 82); April 16, 1913 (No. 109).

[302]. Hansard, March 28, 1912, 5th Series, Vol. 36, p. 598.

[303]. Hansard, July 22, 1913, Vol. 55, pp. 1910-11.

[304]. See post, pp. [184]-7.

[305]. This may be through lack of funds, as at East Ham (see ante, p. [56]), but is not always due to this cause.

[306]. See, for instance, Hansard, December 6, 1906, 4th Series, Vol. 166, p. 1283; December 7, 1906, pp. 1340, 1344. See also ibid., July 9, 1903, Vol. 125, p. 196, and April 20, 1904, Vol. 133, p. 788.