§ Mr. MadelTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what plans he has to create a joint funding council for universities and polytechnics; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what plans he has to dissolve the binary line between universities and polytechnics; and if he will make a statment.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthI refer my hon. Friend to the reply that I gave to the hon. Member for Oxford, East (Mr. Smith) on 25 February 1991,(Official Report, columns 332–33)