§ Mr. Costainasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science to what extent he is following the finding of the Economic Development Committee report on the Banwell Report that his Department and the University Grants Committee should be given greater freedom to approve the appointment of contractors by unorthodox methods.
§ Mr. Gordon WalkerThe University Grants Committee and my Department are considering how present procedures might be modified to allow greater freedom for universities to adopt unorthodox methods of tendering where it is clear that there would be a substantial advantage in doing so.