HC Deb 19 July 1993 vol 229 cc40-1W
31. Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what response he has sent to the letter of the chairman of the biological sciences advisory committee of the university of Edinburgh, Professor John Dale, setting out the problems of MSc teaching for a research-oriented university; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Waldegrave

I wrote to Professor Dale today thanking him and his colleagues for letting me have their views. I am pleased that his advisory committee broadly welcomes the thrust of our proposals for postgraduate training. We recognise that universities, other higher education institutes and funding bodies will need time to develop plans for implementation of the policy set out in paragraph 7.21 of the White Paper.