HC Deb 23 January 1967 vol 739 cc208-9W
Mr. Coe

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what progress has been made on consultations regarding the Plan for Polytechnics which was published by his Department last May; and if he will now undertake to increase the number of such colleges suggested for the north-west of England.

Mr. Goronwy Roberts

My right hon. Friend has now received the advice of all the Regional Advisory Councils for Further Education on his preliminary proposals for the establishment of Polytechnics, and he is considering their views together with the advice he has received from other bodies. On reaching his decisions he will of course take full account of the representations he has had in support of additional Polytechnics in the north-west.