MR. MACEARLANE (Argyll)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland if it is intended to allot the £60,000 for higher education in Scotland according to population or valuation; and whether, in view of the fact that the effect of this proposal would be to place the poorer and less populous counties at a great disadvantage, some other mode of distribution could be devised?
§ THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Sir G. TREVELYAN,) Glasgow, BridgetonThe question of the allocation of the grant for higher education is still under consideration, and a Minute on the subject will shortly be laid before Parliament. Pending this, it would be premature to make any statement on the subject.