§ 56. Mr. Wilson Harrisasked the Minister of Labour whether he will make a further statement regarding the admission of women to mixed universities and colleges.
§ Mr. IsaacsI must make it clear that the admission of women to mixed universities and colleges is a matter for final determination by the university and college authorities. Vice-Chancellors with whom the question of the admission of students this autumn was fully discussed have, however, accepted the view that students in the first priority classes should not be excluded by women who are not of exceptional promise. In cases where universities may wish to apply the 10 per cent, limit to men who have not yet undergone their military service, they will do so after having settled the places which in their view should be reserved for women. I have again been in touch with representatives of universities and have every reason to believe that the universities will deal with applications from women in the same way as they will deal with those received from men.