§ 50. Mr. Millanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the names of the present members of the Scottish Universities Committee of the Privy Council under the Universities (Scotland) Act 1889.
§ Mr. HoggThe present members of the Committee are myself (as Lord President of the Council), the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Lord Justice General, the Lord Justice Clerk, the Lord Advocate, the Chancellors of the Universities of St. Andrews, Aberdeen and Edinburgh, two members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Lord Reid and Lord Keith of Avonholm, and four other members of the Privy Council appointed by Her Majesty, namely, Lord Thurso, Lord Strathclyde, the right hon. Arthur Woodburn and the right hon. Thomas Johnston, who is also a member in his capacity as Chancellor of Aberdeen University.
§ 51. Mr. Millanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science why the petition for the grant of a charter to the proposed University of Strathclyde was not referred to the Scottish Universities Committee of the Privy Council.
§ Mr. HoggThe powers and duties of this Committee are defined by the Universities (Scotland) Act 1889 and the Education (Scotland) Acts. The Committee has no jurisdiction in regard to the consideration of Petitions for the grant of Charters to new Universities.