§ 96. Mr. Dribergasked the Minister of Education if he is aware of the anxiety and hardship likely to be caused to more than 1,000 ex-Service men and women, studying at Oxford University with the aid of grants, by his Department's notification that the grant is to be reduced by as much as £20 for their final term; why this decision has been communicated to them more than half-way through their final year at the University, when all of them had counted on receiving grants at the higher rate; and if he will reconsider this decision or take other steps to ease this hardship.
§ Mr. TomlinsonI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave yesterday to the hon. Member for Devizes (Mr. Hollis).