§ Dr. David Kerrasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he is aware of the anomaly created by assessing a young woman for grants to assist her higher education on the basis of her father's income, which basis leads to hardship should she marry during her period of studies and thereby command a lower level of financial support; and if he will take steps to remove this anomaly.
§ Mr. M. StewartThe Committee on Grants to Students, under the chairmanship of Sir Colin Anderson, reported that they did not see any anomaly, given a system of parental contribution, in expecting such a contribution where the student was married. There are no doubt arguments for a contrary view, but I do not think they are such as to justify the additional charge to public funds that would be involved.