§ Mr. AINSWORTHasked the Prime Minister whether the University of London Commission, appointed in February, 1909, had referred to it the question of the incorporation of the Imperial College of Science and Technology with the university; whether applications to the Treasury made on behalf of the University of London for an increased Treasury Grant have been refused pending the Report of the Royal Commission; and whether recently an increased Treasury Grant has been promised under certain conditions to the Imperial College of Science and Technology?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. McKinnon Wood)The Royal Commission was appointed to make recommendations (among other things) as to the relations which should subsist between the University of London and the Imperial College of Science and Technology. The answer to the second and third parts of the question is in the affirmative; but an increase has also been promised in the grants available for University College and King's College, for which the London University is financially responsible.
§ Mr. AINSWORTHMay I ask how soon the Report is likely to be published?
§ Mr. McKINNON WOODI have no information.