HC Deb 09 November 1926 vol 199 c886
Sir W. DAVISON

(by Private Notice) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any, and if so, what grant from public funds has recently been promised to the University of London; in what circumstances has such grant been promised, and what conditions have been attached to the same?

Mr. CHURCHILL

I promised in June last, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, that we would be prepared within certain financial s to ask Parliament to make provision for improved accommodation of the University, subject to approval by the Treasury of plans to be formulated by the Senate.

Sir W. DAVISON

Was it not understood that that referred to administrative buildings in South Kensington, and not to the re-purchase of any of the abandoned sites in Bloomsbury?

Mr. CHURCHILL

No, it applies to both, and even so, it constitutes a considerable saving to the Exchequer as against the original plan.