Barry was once again grilling witnesses at the Select Committee for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with regards to Askham Bryan College.
Askham Bryan College currently hold controversial plans to shut down and sell Newton Rigg in Penrith to which Barry said they had played a “three card trick” on the people of Cumbria when Newton Bryan acquired Newton Rigg in 2011 when the ‘asset deed’ that Cumbria County Council originally insisted upon to ensure facilities had to remain there for further education purposes, was nullified when Askham Bryan purchased it.
Barry also suggested that Askham Bryan had run down Newton Rigg so it could be sold to raise money that belonged to Cumbria County Council and then use it to prop up a financially failing college.
The full exchange can be viewed below