§ Sir W. Jenkinsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what action he has taken to carry out the agreement entered into between Cardiff University College and the Glamorgan Education Committee in connection with the Treforest School of Mines; will he give the dates when it was accepted by the Board of Education and the Miners' Welfare Committee; what was the grant 1379W promised to Glamorgan; and will he now honour the agreement and allow Glamorgan Education Committee to proceed to make the alterations and adequately equip the School of Mines?
§ Mr. LindsayThe agreement was between the Glamorgan County Council and the University College, Cardiff, and was made in 1933. A grant of £42,000 was promised to Glamorgan by the Miners' Welfare Committee in 1934 on the basis of this agreement. The Board at that time concurred in the arrangement so far as it affected the work of the Technical Institute at Treforest. The Board considered plans submitted in 1936 and 1937, during the course of which a new situation developed locally through an offer made by the South Wales coal-owners. The answer to the last part of the Question is that the Board are not a party to the agreement. The question of honour, therefore, does not arise.