[en] The ³⁰Si(rvec p,γ)³¹P reaction has been studied in the proton energy range E_p=20--36 MeV. Angular distributions of the cross section and the analyzing power have been measured for γ-ray transitions to the ground state and the first excited state of ³¹P over the angular range 37.5 degree--145 degree at E_p=25.5 MeV. Legendre polynomial fits to both observables yield nonzero coefficients of order k=3,4, suggesting the interference of E2 radiation with the dominant E1 radiation. A transition-matrix-element analysis of the data indicates that ∼26% of the γ₁ cross section at this energy arises from E2 radiation, whereas only 10% of the γ₀ cross section can be attributed to E2 radiation. Direct-semidirect calculations give a direct E2 component of ∼7% for both channels, suggesting significant excess E2 strength in the γ₁ channel at this energy. The energy dependence of the 90 degree analyzing power for γ₁ shows a resonance structure near E_p=34 MeV which can be reproduced by a direct-semidirect calculation including an E2 resonance at E_GQR=38.6 MeV with a width of Γ_GQR=5.0 MeV and a strength of 50% of the isovector E2 energy-weighted sum rule. The current results thus provide strong evidence for collective E2 strength roughly at the expected peak of the isovector giant quadrupole resonance built on the first excited state of ³¹P