SECOND SCHEDULE.

HL Deb 19 May 1931 vol 80 cc1285-8

Constitution of the Board of Architectural Education.

The Board shall be composed of the following persons, that is to say:—

One person nominated by each school of architecture in Great Britain, the passing of whose examinations is or may be recognised for exemption from the final examination of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Four persons nominated jointly by the schools of architecture in Great Britain, the passing of whose examinations is or may be recognised for exemption from the intermediate examination of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

LORD PONSONBY OF SHULBREDE

My Lords, my first Amendment to this Schedule is drafting.

Amendment moved— Page 14, line 4, at the beginning insert ("1. Subject to the provisions of this Schedule").—(Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

LORD PONSONBY OF SHULBREDE moved to leave out the paragraphs referring to the schools of architecture and insert:— One person nominated by the governing body of each of the following schools of architecture:—

• The Liverpool School of Architecture, University of Liverpool,
• The Bartlett School of Architecture, University of London,
• The School of Architecture, Victoria University, Manchester,
• The Architectural Association School of Architecture, London,
• The Glasgow School of Architecture,
• The School of Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art,
• The School of Architecture, Robert Gordon's Colleges, Aberdeen,
• The School of Architecture, Leeds College of Art,
• The Welsh School of Architecture, Technical College, Cardiff,
• The Birmingham School of Architecture.

Four persons nominated jointly by the governing bodies of the following schools of architecture:—

• The Department of Architecture, University of Sheffield,
• The Cambridge University School of Architecture,
• The School of Architecture, Armstrong College, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
• The School of Architecture, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol,
• The Department of Architecture, Northern Polytechnic, London,
• The School of Architecture, Leicester College of Arts and Crafts,
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• The School of Architecture, Municipal School of Arts and Crafts, Southend-on-Sea,
• The Nottingham School of Architecture,
• The School of Architecture, The Polytechnic, Regent Street. London."

The noble Lord said: My Lords, perhaps I had better give a, brief explanation of this Amendment. The object is to define more precisely the schools of architecture to be represented. As the schedule is at present drafted the number of persons to be nominated under the third paragraph can be indefinitely increased if the Royal Institute of British. Architects recognises the passing of their examinations as a reason for exemption, from its final examination. The number of persons to be nominated under the fourth paragraph is limited to four, but the number of bodies to join in nominating these four can be indefinitely increased if the Royal Institute of British Architects recognises their examinations. Therefore we thought it better to limit this discretion by specifying by names the schools whose examinations are at present recognised under either paragraph by the Royal Institute of British Architects. I hope that the noble Earl is in agreement with this.

Amendment moved— Page 14, leave out lines 14 to 22 and insert the said paragraphs.—(Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede.)

THE EARL OP CRAWFORD

I entirely approve of what the noble Earl has said.

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

THE EARL OF CRAWFORD

My Lords, the next is a drafting Amendment.

Amendment moved— Page 15, line 1, leave out ("representative of and to be") and insert ("person"). —(The Earl of Crawford.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

Amendment moved— Page 15, line 24, leave out ("Schedule") and insert ("paragraph").—(Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

LORD PONSONBY OF SHULBREDE moved to add to the Schedule: 2. If it appears to the Board to be desirable that any school of architecture, not being a school specified in the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, should be represented on the Board, then, subject as hereinafter provided, the Board may nominate for membership thereof one person recommended to it by the governing body of that school, and upon the name of any person duly nominated as aforesaid being submitted to the Council in the prescribed manner, the Council shall appoint that person to be a member of the Board: Provided that the number of members appointed under this paragraph shall not at any time exceed the prescribed number.

The noble Lord said: My Lords, this Amendment transfers from the Royal Institute of British Architects to the Board of Architectural Education the power of securing that additional members of the Board shall be appointed to represent new schools of architecture. The question whether any particular school merits this special representation is left to the discretion of the Board. The effect of the proviso is that the maximum number of additional members to be appointed will be fixed by the Council, and can be varied from time to time if necessary.

Amendment moved— Page 15, line 26, at end, insert the said subsection (2).—(Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.