§ Mr. Edward Lyonsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the reasons for the prolonged delay in granting a charter to the new University of Bradford; and on what date this grant is to be announced.
§ Mr. CroslandI understand that the appropriate Committee of the Privy Council has completed its consideration of the draft charter and that the Privy Council Office will shortly be writing to the petitioners. The formalities leading to the grant of a charter will then necessarily take some time to complete.