Mr. Ron Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent representations he has received from the Church of Scotland about Scottish colleges of education; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe education committee of the Church of Scotland wrote on 23 February to my right hon. and learned Friend about the composition of the governing bodies of the colleges of education, about which my Department consulted last year. The composition of the governing bodies from 1 April is prescribed in schedule 1 of the Colleges of Education (Scotland) Regulations, which were made on 2 March and laid before Parliament on 11 March.