HC Deb 27 April 1955 vol 540 c929
40. Mr. Sorensen

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why collegiate residences have been given priority compared with the need for buildings for the engineering and agricultural faculties in the plans of the University of Malaya at Kuala Lumpur.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

This is a question for the authorities of the University, which is in such matters an autonomous institution.

Mr. Sorensen

Would the Secretary of State do something to recommend that the expenditure be devoted to more necessary purposes?

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

We are all the time anxious to encourage self-reliance and independence among the people for whom we have responsibility, and I would hesitate to do work which is properly theirs.