§ Mr. Hugh Jenkinsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she is satisfied with the operation of the five schools of architecture mentioned in the report of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a copy of which is in her possession; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mrs. ThatcherMy approval for these courses has not been withdrawn. The question of their status was explained in a reply to the hon. Member for Waltham-stow, East (Mr. Michael McNair-Wilson) on 19th April and is a matter for the R.I.B.A., which has offered each school three years in which to achieve the standard for R.I.B.A. recognition.—[Vol. 815, c. 351–2.]