§ 53. Sir H. BRITTAINasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is proposed to offer the University of Cambridge a grant towards the sum required to enable it to accept the offer of the International Education Beard of the Rockefeller Foundation; and, if so, of what amount?
§ Captain BOWYER (Lord of the Treasury)I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture. The Government have decided to offer to the University a grant of £50,000 subject, of course, to the provision of funds by Parliament. They believe that the highest national as well as Imperial and international interests demand that the great scheme made possible by the generous benefaction of the International Education Board should be fully carried into effect, for the advancement of agriculture and of the fundamental sciences on which agriculture depends.
§ 68. Sir H. BRITTAINasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether it is proposed to make a grant from the Empire Marketing Fund to the University of Cambridge; if so, of what amount and for what purpose?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for DOMINION AFFAIRS (Mr. Amery)Upon the recommendation of the Empire Marketing Board a grant of £50,000 has been promised from the Empire Marketing Fund to the University of Cambridge. This contribution is to be devoted to the development of research in agriculture and in the sciences upon which agricultural research most directly depends. Its payment is conditional upon the University raising from other sources 2331 the total amount required to enable it to qualify for the grant of £700,000 offered by the International Education Board of the Rockefeller Foundation.