§ Mr. SPOORasked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that the resident members of Cambridge University were overwhelmingly in favour of the full admission of women on equal terms with men, but that the non-resident vote was the cause of delaying the reform; that the late President, on 15th June last, viewed the matter very favourably and encouragingly; that women have been admitted to full university rights in Oxford; and whether he will consider making any Government grant to Cambridge conditional upon equality of treatment as between men and women?
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§ Mr. E. WOODI am aware of the previous history of the very difficult and controversial question of the position of women in the University of Cambridge. In accordance with a decision of the late Government, the university now receives an annual grant of £30,000 from the Treasury. Whether it will be possible for the Government to make any addition to this grant, and, if so, whether any special conditions should be attached to it, are questions on which I am not at present in a position to make any statement.