§ MR. HEALYasked the Vice President of the Council, If the Departmental 858 Committee appointed to inquire into the condition of Intermediate and Higher Education in Wales recommended that the College at Aberystwith, whether retained on its present site or removed to Carnarvon or Bangor, must be accepted as the College for North Wales; whether the Government intends to accept and act upon the recommendation of the Committee; and, whether, in the event of the College not being removed, it is the intention of the Government to continue the grant now temporarily paid to it?
§ MR. MUNDELLASir, we have carried out the recommendations of the Departmental Committee by the establishment of Colleges at Bangor and Cardiff, in conformity with the wishes of the inhabitants of North and South Wales. The continuance of a grant to Aberystwith is a question which is shortly to be brought under the notice of this House and of the Government; and it would be premature at this moment, before the advocates of Aberystwith have been heard, to express any opinion on the subject.