HC Deb 28 March 1995 vol 257 c574W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps her Department is taking to ensure parity of esteem between teaching and research in higher education. [16385]

Mr. Boswell

My right hon. Friend attaches importance to both teaching and research. It is however for individual universities and colleges to decide on the relative weight to attach to each in the light of their institutional missions.