HC Deb 19 June 1969 vol 785 c135W
Mr. Tudor Watkins

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what progress there has been in the constructing of the Welsh National Agricultural College for Wales.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

A building allocation of £200,000 has been made for the first instalment of teaching accommodation for the College; this project has been included in the Further Education Starts Programme for 1969–70. The Building work on the residential and communal accommodation for the joint use of this College and the College of Librarianship, Wales, will also start this year. The Cardiganshire Education Authority, who are establishing the College as agents for the Welsh Joint Education Committee, have appointed a private firm of architects to carry out the development of the whole of the campus site near Aberystwyth which will also include other educational establishments. A schedule of accommodation for the College of Agriculture is being drawn up as a matter of urgency with a view to enabling a start to be made in the current financial year.