58. Mr. HUGH EDWARDSasked whether the agreement made between the Treasury and the Senate of the University of London in 1899, whereby a home was provided for the university at South Kensington, including a promise of further accommodation as the university was ex- 2901 tended and developed under the Reconstitution Act of 1898, still holds good; and whether the scheme announced in March, 1912, for transferring the headquarters of the university to Bloomsbury has been finally abandoned?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINAccommodation has been, and still is, provided for the University of London at South Kensington, in accordance with the Treasury Minute of 16th February, 1899, which, as explained by the late Prime Minister in the House of Commons on the 7th March, 1912, must not be construed as admitting liability on the part of His Majesty's Government to provide for all possible requirements of the university in the future. Questions as to the future of the university would, I suggest, be better addressed to the Minister of Education.