The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education was a junior ministerial office in the

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. The

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abolished the Committee of the

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which had been responsible for education matters and instituted a new

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from 1 April 1900. The Board was headed by a

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. From the appointment of the Marquess of Londonderry as President in the Balfour government in August 1902 the post of Parliamentary Secretary to the Board was established. Under the provisions of the

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, which was promoted by

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as Parliamentary Secretary (with

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as President) during the

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, the Board was in turn replaced by the

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in August 1944. The post of Parliamentary Secretary to the Board was accordingly replaced by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education. Chuter Ede remained in that position until the War coalition was dissolved in May 1945. pp. 153-9

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Board of Education, 1902-1944

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