§ Mr. Leadbitterasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the proposal submitted to him for a new university on Tees-side; and if, in addition to the educational needs, he will take into account the growing industrial and commercial importance of the area and the contribution such a university would make towards the economic and social life of the North-East.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsI would refer my hon. Friend to my reply to my right hon. Friend the Member for Sunderland, North (Mr. Willey) on 26th October.—[Vol. 751, c.531–2.]