§ Sir Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland why he has replaced the Council for Tertiary Education in Scotland with the Scottish Tertiary Education Advisory Council; and what the second does that the first could not.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe Scottish Tertiary Education Advisory Council has been established following recommendations from the Council for Tertiary Education in Scotland, whose term of office expired at the end of 1983. The new council will consider future strategy for the whole of higher education in Scotland including the 777W universities, which were outside the terms of reference of its predecessor; the considerations which led to its appointments were explained by my right hon. Friend in his statements on 19 July 1983 at column 100 and 5 June 1984 at column 1.