§ Captain Pluggeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made by the Universities Grants Committee in assisting the post-war capital and revenue requirements of the universities; and by what date he expects to be in a position to make an announcement about this subject.
§ Sir J. AndersonDuring the summer the University Grants Committee have discussed with representatives of all the universities their provisional estimates of post-war needs. I understand that the Committee are actively engaged in considering recommendations to the Treasury as to the Exchequer assistance which should be provided towards meeting the additional expenditure, both annual and capital, which will be incurred in the postwar period. I hope to receive these recommendations by the end of 1944 or very soon thereafter.