§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the dissatisfaction of the Scottish Students Representative Council as expressed by its letter dated 13th May sent to him at the cut of 50 per cent. in the level of the students' maintenance allowances recommended by the Brown Committee; and, in view of the fact that this inflicts hardship on the students, if he will take steps to rectify this by reviewing the decision.
§ Mr. RossAllowances are in fact being increased; the cut to which my hon. and learned Friend refers is a cut in the66W increase which would otherwise have been made.
My hon. Friend, the Joint Under-Secretary of State, wrote to the hon. and learned Member on 28th May about the representations made by the Students' Representative Council in the University of Aberdeen. As he indicated then, I cannot go beyond Government statements already made as to when the next review of students' grants will take place.