§ 1. Mr. Douglasasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will make a statement on the recent relationships between her Department and the Scottish Business School.
§ The Secretary of State for Education and Science (Mrs. Margaret Thatcher)There is no formal relationship between my Department and the Scottish Business School, but the three universities concerned in its programme of work are in touch with the University Grants Committee. The quinquennial settlement provides for 2,927 full-time and part-time students by 1976–77.
§ Mr. DouglasI thank the right hon. Lady for that reply. Will she confirm that at long last the Scottish Business School has got its administration sorted out and that we have one clear line of authority, after two or three wasted years?
§ Mrs. ThatcherI am delighted that the Scottish Business School is now off to a good start, and I hope that it will continue.
§ Mr. Ronald King MurrayIn view of the lack of formal relationships between the Minister's Department and the Scottish Education Department, is it not high time for a Royal Commission to investigate education in the United Kingdom as a whole?
§ Mrs. ThatcherNo. It was not a formal relationship between my Department and the Scottish Business School. It comes under the University Grants 174 Committee, which has given what I hope will be thought to be a good quinquennial settlement.