§ Mr. LivseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what plans he has made to help Welsh university colleges meet the demands of increased numbers of students expected in the next five years in terms of(a) capital available for buildings and (b) staffing.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsThe existing system of funding the universities has enabled a higher proportion of young people to enter universities by providing an incentive to institutions to expand efficiently. The proposals set out earlier this year in the White Paper "Higher Education —A New Framework" are aimed at ensuring that the higher education sector, as a whole in Wales, is better placed to meet the increased demands that will be put on it over the rest of this decade and beyond: under our proposals detailed decisions about future funding will be taken by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.