§ Mrs. Shirley Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will instruct local education authorities to bear the full cost of £4 for Oxford and Cambridge compulsory entrance examinations, together with reasonable travel costs and other expenses involved in taking these examinations.
§ Mr. CroslandNo. This is best left to the discretion of local education authorities.
§ Mrs. Shirley Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will seek power to abolish the charges for compulsory entrance examinations to universities.
§ Mr. CroslandNo. These charges at Oxford and Cambridge Colleges fall properly within the discretion of the College authorities.