§ Mr. McLoughlinTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what arrangements have been148W made to wind up the University Grants Committee following the assumption from 1 April of full funding responsibilities by the Universities Funding Council.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe terms of office of the last members of the University Grants Committee expired on 31 March. To allow for the orderly winding-up of the UGC's affairs, the secretariat will continue to have an existence until 14 July 1989, exactly 70 years after the committee's inception. I take this opportunity to pay tribute to the way members and officers of the committee have, over that long period, discharged their responsibilities to help steer our universities steadily through periods of great change.