Mr. Dugdaleasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it has now been found possible for Chinese students to attend courses both in universities and industrial establishments in this country?
§ Mr. LawThe British Council, in conjunction with the Universities China Committee, British Universities and the Federation of British Industries, are arranging for a number of Chinese students and industrial apprentices to attend courses in this country. These are being chosen by a selection committee sitting in Chungking, on which the Chinese Government are represented, and are expected to arrive in England during the summer. Sixteen post-graduate research students have been accepted for a year's course at various British universities and 33 apprentices are to be placed in British engineering firms for a two-year course. This does not, however, complete the arrangement and I hope that it may be possible to place further students in other vacancies.