HC Deb 17 July 1978 vol 954 cc9-10W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science why, in view of her reply to a question from the hon. Member for Macclesfield on 7th March 1977, in which she referred to a letter sent by her Department to the Association of Polytechnic Teachers stressing the importance she placed on the consultations which would take place on the publication of the report of the working group on the management of higher education, she has now refused to meet representatives of the association to consult on the report of the working group; and if she will make a statement.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

As I have explained to the association, consultations on the report are being conducted by correspondence in the first instance. When we have had an opportunity to consider all the views expressed, including the very full paper recently sent in by the APT, we shall decide on the need for meetings to discuss particular views put forward.