§ Sir H. Webbeasked the Secretary to the Treasury how far the expanded Imperial College of Technology will be concerned with all the major sections of 205W technology on lines similar to those of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States of America; and if he is satisfied that the proposed site in Kensington is large enough to allow for the proper development of an institution of this kind; and if he will make a further statement.
§ Mr. H. BrookeThe Imperial College will develop the study, at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels (but with increasing emphasis on the latter), of the whole range of technology for which London is an appropriate centre, having regard to the distribution of industry in this country and to the facilities available elsewhere. It will also continue to develop the study of the basic physical and biological sciences, but will rely on other schools of the University for subjects such as economics, law, and the humanities generally for which the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has itself to provide. These requirements can be met on the proposed site provided that it is made fully available to the College. I hope that full particulars of the manner in which the site is to be developed, with a model of the proposed buildings, will be available very shortly.