§ 67. Sir EDWIN CORNWALLasked the President of the Board of Education whether his attention has been called to the letter from the Rev. A. C. Headlam to the Bishop of London, dated 11th October, in which Dr. Headlam alleges, as one of the reasons for his resignation, peremptory and arbitrary action on the part of the Board in requiring the removal of the college to another site; and whether he will state on what ground the Board have made such requirement without first consulting either the college or the senate of the university on the subject?
Mr. PEASEI have seen the letter referred to. The Board have expressed their concurrence with the opinion of the Advisory Committee on University Grants that the present site of King's College does not admit of such extension as will 836 enable the college to take its proper place in the university. The Board have indicated their readiness to receive a deputation from the senate of the University of London upon the question of site; but, apart from this, they have taken no action in the matter, and they have made no-requirement. There is no foundation whatever for the charges of discourtesy and peremptory and arbitrary action contained in the letter referred to. The Board and their Advisory Committee have-no intention of interfering with the conditions of freedom and independence which are necessary to enable a university to-perform its proper functions.