§ Mr. Canavanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what reply he has made to the representation his Department has received on behalf of the students and staff of Stirling University about the effects of the cut-backs on educational expenditure.
§ Mr. MulleyMy noble friend the Minister of State replied to representations made by the Council of the Students' Association of the University of Stirling on 15th April 1975. He assured the council that the education service would get its fair share of public expenditure in 1975–76. He also reminded the council that, in recognition of the difficulties which inflation had created for the universities, additional grants for recurrent expenditure of £19 million had been made available for 1974–75 and that the recurrent grant for 1975–76 would be £465 million compared with £409 million for 1974–75.