§ 51. Mr. DALTON (for Mr. TREVELYAN)asked the President of the Board of Education whether the University of London has arranged to purchase the Bloomsbury site from the Duke of Bedford; what the terms of purchase are; and how much is being provided by His Majesty's Government and how much from other sources?
§ Mr. McNEILLI have been asked to reply.
The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative, but I am informed that no contract has yet been 921 signed. As my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated in the House on the 9th November last, he promised in June, 1926, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, that they would be prepared, within certain financial limits, 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. No official intimation has yet reached the Treasury, and I am at present unable to give any further information save that the amount which Parliament would be asked to provide towards the improved accommodation f the university would be, approximately, one-half the price paid by the Government for the Bloomsbury site, which was £425,000.
§ Mr. P. HARRISIs the Government grant conditional on the removal of King's College from Somerset House, or
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| Acland-Troyte. Lieut. -Colonel | Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Fermoy, Lord |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Cayzer, MaJ. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Fielden, E. B. |
| Albery, Irving James | Cazalet, Captain Victor A. | Ford, Sir P. J. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Cecil. RJ. Hon. Sir Evelyn (Aston) | Forestler-Walker, Sir L. |
| Amery, Rt. Hon. Leopold C. M. S. | Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Foster, Sir Harry S. |
| Applln, Colonel R. V. K. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Fraser, Captain Ian |
| Ashley, Lt. -Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Charteris, Brigadier-General J. | Frece, Sir Walter do |
| Astor. Viscountess | Chllcott, Sir Warden | Fremantle, Lt. -Col. Francis E. |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Christie, J. A. | Gadie, Lieut. -Col. Anthony |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Ganzonl. Sir John. |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Churchman. Sir Arthur C. | Gates, Percy |
| Balniel, Lord | Clarry, Reginald George | Gllmour, Lt. -Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Banks, Reginald Mitchell | Clayton, G. C. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Cobb, Sir Cyril | Goff. Sir Park |
| Barnett, Major Sir Richard | Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Gower, Sir Robert |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Cockerill, Brig. -General Sir George | Grace, John |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Cohen, Major J. Brunei | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland. N.) |
| Bennett, A. J. | Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Grant, Sir J. A. |
| Berry, Sir George | Conway, Sir W. Martin | Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. |
| Bethel, A. | Cooper, A. Duff | Greaves-Lord, Sir Walter |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Cope, Major William | Greene, W. P. Crawford |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Sklpton) | Couper, J. B. | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H. (W'th's'w. E) |
| Bird, Sir R. B. (Wolverhampton, W.) | Cowan, Sir Wm. Henry (Islington, N.) | Grenfell, Edward C. (City of London) |
| Boothby, R. J. G. | Craig, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. C. (Antrim) | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Craig, Ernest (Chester, Crowe) | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vanslttart | Croft, Brigadier-General Sir H. | Gunston, Captain D. W. |
| Bowyer, Capt. G. E. W. | Crookshank, Col. C. de W. (Berwick) | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Crookshank, Cpt. H. (Llndsey, Gainshro) | Hall, Lleut. -Col. SirF. (Dulwich) |
| Brassey, Sir Leonard | Curzon, Captain Viscount | Hall, Admiral Sir R. (Eastbourne) |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Dalkelth, Earl of | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Dalziel, Sir Davison | Hammersiey, S. S. |
| Brlscoe, Richard George | Davidson, J. (Hertf'd, Hemel Hempst'd) | Hanbury, C. |
| Brocklebank, C. E. R. | Davies, Ma|. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovll) | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry |
| Brooke. Brigadier-General C. R. I. | Davies, Dr. Vernon | Harland, A. |
| Broun-Lindsay, Major H. | Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Harrison. G. J. C. |
| Brown, Brig. -Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Drewe, C. | Harvey, G. (Lambeth. Kennlngton) |
| Buckingham. Sir H. | Eden, Captain Anthony | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Haslam, Henry C. |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Elliot, Major Walter E. | Hawke, John Anthony |
| Burman, J. B. | Elveden, Viscount | Headlam, Lleut. -Colonel C. M. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Erskine, Lord(Somerset, Weston-s-M.) | Henderson, Lleut. -Col. V. L. (Bootle) |
| Butter, Sir Geoffrey | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Heneage, Lieut-Colonel Arthur P. |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Everard, W. Lindsay | Henn, Sir Sydney H. |
| Caine, Gordon Hall | Fairfax, Captain J. G. | Hennessy, Major Sir G. R. J. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) |
| Cassels, J. D. | Fanshawe, Captain G. D. | Hills Major John Walter |
§ is it made without any condition of that kind?
§ Mr. McNEILLI really cannot say. The negotiations have not yet been completed.
§ Mr. J. JONESMay I be allowed to ask the hon. Gentleman whether the Government are going to consider the advisability of increasing the accommodation for hon. Members in this House, seeing that we are going to increase the accommodation for university schools?