HC Deb 18 February 1998 vol 306 c738W
Mr. Levitt

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will take steps to end the prohibition on prospective students from applying to both Oxford and Cambridge universities in the same year. [29167]

Dr. Howells

The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge are, like all higher education institutions, responsible for their own admissions procedures and Ministers are prevented by law from intervening in such matters.