Engineering Profession (Finniston Report)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 9:55 am on 13 June 1980.

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Photo of Mr Leslie Huckfield Mr Leslie Huckfield , Nuneaton 9:55, 13 June 1980

British. I am sorry to have offended my hon. Friend so early in the debate. I had hoped to carry him with me on much of what I have to say.

If we look at the British classical engineering tradition, we find that the great emphasis in the Victorian education system was on anything but engineering.