§ Sir PHILIP MAGNUSasked whether the Government have appointed a trustee or trustees in connection with the proposal for providing a site in Bloomsbury for the headquarters of the University of London; and whether the senate of the university has been informed of the proposal and has expressed any opinion thereon.
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Asquith)The Government have not appointed a trustee or trustees for the purposes described. A body of trustees, is, however, being constituted, one of whom is a Member of the Government, to receive gifts offered in connection with the recommendations of the Fourth Report of the Royal Commission on University Education in London. A generous gift has been made on condition that a particular site is acquired. The question of its suitability is one affecting the future organisation of the university, a matter on which the senate has found itself unable to offer any evidence to the Royal Commission.
§ Sir P. MAGNUSMay I ask the Prime Minister if he can give an answer to the latter part of my question?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI did answer it. I said that "the senate has found itself unable to offer any evidence to the Royal Commission."
§ Sir P. MAGNUSThen I take it that they have not been consulted?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe hon. Gentleman must draw his own conclusions.