Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 3 Tachwedd 1965.
Mr William Hannan
, Glasgow Maryhill
12:00,
3 Tachwedd 1965
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will advise the appointment of a Royal Commission on the Scottish universities.
Mr William Ross
, Kilmarnock
No, Sir.
Mr William Hannan
, Glasgow Maryhill
As it would appear that the Government have accepted the proposals of the establishment of the Scottish universities that the 1889 University Act should be amended, as opposed to the proposal and recommendation of the Robbins Committee that that Act should be repealed, would not it be of great advantage to have such a Royal Commission so that there could be a full examination of the internal government of the traditional universities, and the innovation of new fields of study?
Mr William Ross
, Kilmarnock
I do not think that the problem which my hon. Friend has mentioned is something which merits a Royal Commission.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
