§ 41. Mr. Malcolm MacPhersonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what special arrangements will be made for liaison between colleges of education and his Department when the status of these colleges is altered in accordance with the proposals of the Robbins Report.
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§ 42. Mr. T. Fraserasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will invite educational organisations and interested bodies in Scotland to submit suggestions as to the best way of maintaining close co-operation between colleges of education and other levels of Scottish education after these colleges have come within the scope of the University Grants Committee.
§ 48. Mr. Hannanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will now make a statement on Ministerial responsibility for Scottish colleges of education when those colleges become associated with universities.
§ Lady TweedsmuirThe Robbins Committee recommended that, if degree courses were introduced, the Scottish colleges of education should be financed by the Grants Commission, working for this purpose through a separate committee with which my right hon. Friend would be closely associated. Under the new Ministerial arrangements the Grants Commission would of course be within the sphere of responsibility of my right hon. and learned Friend, the Secretary of State for Education and Science. No decisions have yet been reached on any change in the arrangements for financing the colleges, since I propose to await in the first instance the outcome of the discussions now proceeding on the introduction of degree-level courses.