§ 31. Sir J. Edenasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has now considered the advice from all the regional advisory councils for further education concerning any additions to be made to the list of polytechnics; and whether Bournemouth College of Technology and Commerce is included in the list, in view of the standards now being achieved by that College.
§ Mr. Denis HowellI regret that for the reasons given in his Statement to the House yesterday, my right hon. Friend has not felt justified in adding the Bournemouth College of Technology and Commerce to the list of proposed Polytechnics.—[Vol. 744, c. 151–5.]