asked whether a Nottingham man, who had completed his apprenticeship at a local engineering works, being refused trades union rate of wages, on the advice of his union ceased work and applied for unemployment benefit, which was refused him on the ground that he had left his employment in an unsatisfactory manner; whether the local committee was justified in its action; and what steps the Government proposes to take in the matter?

If the hon. Member will supply me with further details in regard to this case, I shall be glad to make inquiries into it and will communicate the result to him.

asked the Postmaster-General whether his Department has paid to sub-postmasters 10s. for selling health insurance stamps during the last six months; and whether he can give any information on the subject?

My right hon. Friend asks me to refer the hon. Member to the replies which he gave to questions on this subject on the 12th instant. As he then stated, 10s. was a payment on account.

asked the Secretary for Scotland whether the Report of the Departmental Committee on State Loans to Fishermen has yet been presented; and, if not, can he say when will the said Report be presented; and whether he is aware that this delay on the inquiry and Report is detrimental to the public service?

I am not able as yet to add anything to the answer which I gave my hon. Friend the Member for the Wick Burghs on 4th February.

Is it not high time that these fishermen should be treated with regard to these State loans in the same way as Irish fishermen are treated?

I do not think it would be very respectful to the Committee to express an opinion on the subject of their Report. I would remind the hon. Member that I cannot control the Committee; they have a right to take their time. It is not my responsibility.

Somebody ought to control them.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether consideration has been given to the Report to the Board of Trade on the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act of Canada, 1907, by the Chief Industrial Commissioner; and if he intends to recommend legislation on the subject?

My right hon. Friend is giving careful consideration to the Report, but he cannot at present make any statement in regard to the matter.

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the Indian Blue Book, No. 155, Copy of the Indian Financial Statement and Budget for 1911–12, and discussions thereon in the Legislative Council of the Governor-General, contains no report of the Debate in the Legislative Council of the 9th March, 1911, on the Indian Cotton Duties, though it contains full reports of all the other Debates on the Budget on the 1st March, 7th March, 8th March, and 27th March, 1911; whether this omission was sanctioned by the Hon. W. H. Clark, Minister for Commerce and Industry; and whether any full official report of the Debate of the 9th March, 1911, is available to the pub ic in this country?

The Blue Book No. 155 contains full reports of the proceedings of the Legislative Council on those days on which the Financial Statement and the Budget were under discussion. Neither of those statements was under discussion on the 9th March, 1911, and that is why the Debates of that day were not included in the Papers sent home by the Government of India for presentation to Parliament and published as a Blue Book. The proceedings of the Viceroy's Legislative Council are on record in the India Office, and can be consulted in the Library of that Office.

asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the public interests involved in the passage of the Aerial Navigation Bill and the possible developments of such a new science, he will undertake that any Regulations made under the Bill shall be subject to annual review by the Department of State snaking the Regulations in question?

Yes, Sir. The Regulations to be made under the Bill shall be reviewed annually by the Department concerned issuing the Regulations.