§ MR. CORNWALLIS WEST (Denbigh, W.)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether Her Majesty's Government are prepared to offer the same measure of assistance to Wales as is given for educational purposes to Scotland and Ireland, by an annual grant of money for intermediate education, in- 896 cluding Training Colleges for teachers in the event of a Bill dealing with this subject, and commanding the general support of Welsh Representatives, being submitted to Parliament?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster)University Colleges of Wales now receive grants of £12,000 a-year, as against £16,000 paid to the Scotch Universities as Teaching Colleges, and about £5,000 to the Queen's Colleges in Ireland. Her Majesty's Government, while recognizing the importance of this subject, are not prepared, for obvious reasons, to pledge themselves as to the nature and amount of the financial assistance that could be looked for from the State in the event of any Bill being brought forward.