HC Deb 26 October 1967 vol 751 cc531-2W
42. Mr. Willey

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science why the Northern Region has no technological university; and what steps he is taking to remedy this deficiency.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

I consider that the needs of the Northern Region can at present be well met by existing higher education institutions. Proposals for a new technological institution in the North-East will be carefully considered when it becomes possible to contemplate the establishment of further new universities, but this is unlikely to be for some years.