§ Dr. Brayasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will extend the Computer Board's terms of reference to cover polytechnics.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe Computer Board advises me on computer facilities for the universities, which I grant-aid, and also advises the research councils on their computing provision. The extension of the board's terms of reference to include public sector higher education on an advisory basis has been considered previously and I remain prepared to consider any such proposal from the National Advisory Body for Local Authority Higher Education or the local authority associations.