§ The Prime MinisterNone, Sir. But if the hon. Gentleman so wishes, I will consult the chancellors of the universities concerned.
§ Mr. BennIs the Chancellor aware —[HON. MEMBERS: "Hear, hear."]— that his reply will be received with great relief after the recent medieval frolics in the City of Oxford? May I also congratulate him on having proved once again, by his own tremendous victory by a ballot held in Latin and open for all to see, that the Establishment has nothing to learn from the Electrical Trades Union?
§ The Prime MinisterExcept this, that I think that on this occasion the Establishment was beaten.
Mr. H. WilsonNevertheless, will the right hon. Gentleman allow, at any rate, one non-voter of last Saturday, in this case an abstainer, to express the congratulations of, I am sure, the whole House to the right hon. Gentleman, and to congratulate him on his successful slogan once again—Numquam id habuimus tam bonum—which I understand sounds more literate in Latin than in an English translation? Will he also allow me to express the wish, I am sure of the whole 244 House, that he is more successful as Chancellor at Oxford than he was at the Treasury?
§ The Prime MinisterI am grateful even for any compliment from the right hon. Gentleman, although I am always ready to understand the mood and tone in which he unbends from time to time. On the subject of the Question, one thing I will undertake. I do not think we will have another Speaker's Conference.
§ Mr. LiptonWill the Prime Minister bear in mind that the graduates of Oxford University who took part in the election last week are now so throughly exhausted that they do not want to vote for anybody or anything for at least another thirty-five years?
§ The Prime MinisterI am particularly grateful to the hon. Gentleman, and I will do my best to survive.