§ Dr. A. Thompsonasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what arrangements have been made to establish liaison between education departments and industry, respectively, in the United Kingdom and the other independent territories of the Commonwealth with regard to the training of students in technical, scientific and commercial subjects.
§ Mr. SandysNo special arrangements exist for direct liaison between education departments in the countries of the Commonwealth, but the Commonwealth Education Liaison Committee, which was set up at the end of last year as a result of a recommendation of the Commonwealth Education Conference held at Oxford in 1959 and is composed of representatives of all member countries of the Commonwealth together with a representative of the Colonies, meets regularly in London and maintains liaison in educational matters generally at Government level. In addition, there is, of course, a channel for liaison between the United Kingdom Education Departments and the Governments of Commonwealth countries overseas through United Kingdom High Commissioners.
So far as the educational activities of industry itself are concerned, I know of no body solely concerned with Commonwealth liaison in this field.