§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will have urgent discussions with the University Grants Committee and London University about the funding of Birkbeck college for 1987–88 and the following two years; and what assessment he has made of the implications for future funding requirements of the proposals contained in the Government's White Paper on higher education.
§ Mr. WaldenThe funding of Birkbeck college is a matter for the University Grants Committee and the University of London. The implications for future funding requirements of the Government's proposals in "Higher Education: Meeting the Challenge" (Cm. 114) are set out in paragraph 1.8 of that White Paper.