HC Deb 02 March 1967 vol 742 c134W
50. Sir E. Boyle

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether the Government will take steps, in consultation with the University Grants Committee, to ensure that competition for entry to university courses in arts, natural science, applied science and social science during the forthcoming quinquennium 1967–72 shall not be more severe than at present; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Crosland

Pressure for university places in different faculties is a matter which the University Grants Committee will, I am sure, take into account in preparing the advice which it will be giving to the Government in connection with the next quinquennial settlement.