§ Mr. Morrisasked the Minister of Education what is the nature of the arrangement, referred to in paragraph 36 of page 87 of the 1962 Report on Education, on the provision of temporary diploma courses at Usk; when it was made; what are its terms; whether the fact that the Welsh Joint Education Committee acquiesced in the arrangement on the understanding that it would be temporary was agreed to by him; and whether he will now consult the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on this matter.
§ Sir E. BoyleI would refer the hon. Member to the minutes of the Welsh Joint Education Committee meeting held on 14th December, 1962, a copy of which I am sending to him. The arrangement in question is in accord with an earlier suggestion put to the Committee by my Department, with the concurrence of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and was intended to provide continuity in Wales for the course leading to the National Diploma in Dairying 39W pending the establishment of more permanent arrangements. That is still the position. I can assure the hon. Member that my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture and I are in the closest consultation concerning these matters.