§ Mr. Malcolm MacPhersonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, in view of the proposals made by Her Majesty's Government in this respect in England, what plans he has for joint machinery which will bring the practising teachers in the schools into consultation with the Scottish institutions of higher education to solve common problems and anticipate changes in which they have a common interest.
§ Mr. MaclayThe Robbins Committee is reviewing the whole pattern of full-time higher education. A great deal of consultation already takes place, and it is my practice to bring into consultation, either through membership of advisory councils and working parties or byad hoc discussions, representative, both of teachers and of institutions of higher education when problems in which they have a common interest are being considered.