86. Mr. TYSON WILSONasked the President of the Board of Education if he is aware that a number of persons trans- 258 ferred from the Royal College of Science and the Royal School of Mines to the Imperial College of Science and Technology are being paid from £40 to £115 a year less than is being paid to persons in similar employment in Government Departments; that other persons engaged directly by the Imperial College governors are being paid at a much lower rate than the Civil Service standard; and whether he will take steps to raise these men's wages to the same level as the wages paid in Government Departments to men engaged in similar work?
§ Mr. FISHERThe Imperial College of Science and Technology is controlled and financed by an independent governing body under Royal Charter and His Majesty's Government have no direct responsibility for the administration of the college. I have no detailed information concerning the rates of wages referred to by the hon. Member, nor have I any authority to take such action as he suggests.
§ Mr. FISHERYes, there is a grant made.
Mr. WILSONWill he make representations to the governors of the college in connection with this matter?
§ Mr. FISHERI think it is very important that the President of the Board of Education should not interfere with the internal administration of the college.