5 Savory custard, with bread and butter. (6) Grassington (Yorkshire) SAMPLE MENUS[545] Footnote 545: There appears to be no fixed dietary, the dinners being varied each week. Monday. Haricot bean soup; bread. Steamed suet pudding and treacle. Tuesday. Meat and potato pies with crusts on. Rice pudding. Wednesday. Onion soup; bread. Steamed ginger pudding; sweet sauce. Thursday. Meat and potato pie with crusts on. Sago pudding. Friday. Yorkshire pudding; gravy; mashed potato. Marmalade pudding; sweet sauce. Monday. Potato soup; bread. Steamed ginger pudding; sweet sauce. Tuesday. Meat and potato pies with crusts on. Cornflour pudding. Wednesday. Pea soup. Plain plum puddings; sweet sauce. Thursday. Meat and potato pies with crusts on. Rice pudding. Friday. Shepherd's pie (minced meat, mashed potato). Sago pudding. APPENDIX II THE PROVISION OF MEALS IN SCOTLAND The Provision of Meals Act of 1906 applied only to England and Wales. As we have seen, the attempt of the House of Commons to extend its operations to Scotland was defeated in the House of Lords, and it was not till 1908 that the Scottish School Boards were granted power to utilise the rates for the provision of food.[546] By the Education (Scotland) Act passed in that year it was enacted that a School Board might, either by itself or in combination with other School Boards, provide accommodation, apparatus and service for the preparation and supply of meals.[547] Where it appeared that a child was unable by lack of food or clothing to take full advantage of the education provided, the School Board should, after due warning, summon the parent or guardian to appear and give an explanation of the child's condition. If the explanation was not forthcoming or was insufficient or unsatisfactory, and the condition of the child was due to neglect, the Procurator Fiscal should prosecute the parents under the Prevention of Cruelty Act.[548] If, however, it appeared that the parent or guardian, through poverty or ill-health, was unable to supply sufficient food or clothing, the School Board, if satisfied that the necessities of the case would not be met by voluntary agency, should make "such provision for the child ... as they deem necessary" out of the school fund.[549] Temporary provision might be made by the School Board pending completion of procedure against the parents, and the cost of such provision might be recovered.[550] The powers conferred upon Scottish School Boards thus differed in several respects from those conferred on English Local Authorities by the Act of 1906. The School Boards were granted power not only to provide food but also clothing, and no limitation was placed upon the amount which might be spent out of the rates on the provision of these necessaries. Moreover, the Act was not permissive. In England,