asked the Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that the acting clerk of the county of London Insurance Committee received on or about 30th August last an application for sanatorium treatment from Mr. G. Akers, a member of the Lorne Lodge of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows Approved Society, No. 123, and on or about 15th September a similar application from Mr. H. Weatherstone, also a member, of the Lorne Lodge of the same approved society; and will he say whether either of the above-mentioned applicants has received sanatorium treatment, and, if not, what is the cause of the delay?

I am informed that in neither of these cases was treatment in a sanatorium recommended as suitable by the medical adviser to the committee, and that both are now receiving the treatment recommended by him.

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he is aware that at a meeting of the Limerick (No. 2) District Council Mr. C. Shine resigned his position as collector to the Bridgetown dispensary district, giving as the reason that he would not risk his life for the council by enforcing the collection of rents of labourers' cottages at Broadford; is he aware that the collector acted upon information supplied to him by the police, who advised him that if he went to Broadford again he should have police protection; is he aware that the chairman of the district council stated that the arrears of cottage rents are going up by leaps and bounds; and what steps he proposes to take to restore respect for the law in this district?

The minutes of the proceedings of the district council merely record that Mr. Shine resigned his position owing to circumstances over which he had no control, but I understand that the police had previously advised him to give them notice before visiting the Broadford district. The chairman of the district council stated that the rents of the labourers' cottages were greatly in arrear. The district in question is unfortunately still one of the few exceptions to the generally peaceful condition of the South and West of Ireland. The police are doing all in their power to preserve order, and the local police station has been reinforced by three additional men.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the names and ages of the persons killed by motor omnibuses in London this year, and the dates on which the deaths were caused?

I do not think it is necessary or desirable to publish these particulars, but I will send them to my hon. Friend.

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the trans- fer list from the Regular to the Indian Army is finally closed to British officers; whether he is aware of the effect on those who have qualified by learning languages or otherwise for such transfer; whether the object is to enforce the decision to reduce the number of British officers in the Indian Army; and, if so, why the Indian service has been opened to Territorial officers just as it is closed to officers of the Regular Army; and whether the former are considered to be more fully qualified than the latter officers?

No change has been made in the Regulations which govern transfer from British units in India to the Indian Army. Such transfers have always depended on the occurrence of vacancies in excess of those required for officers of the unattached list. No such vacancies at present exist and transfers have for the time being ceased automatically. Should the vacancies in the future exceed the supply of officers on the unattached list, transfers will be resumed. Officers not in the Indian Army who have learnt Indian languages with a view to possible transfer to that service have always taken the risk that they may be unable to obtain transfer. It has not been decided to make any reduction in the number of British officers in the Indian Army. The Indian service has not been thrown open to Territorial officers. Misconception on that point may possibly have arisen from the fact that some of the university candidates who gain commissions on the unattached list by competition at the universities happen also to hold Territorial commissions.

asked if the proposed scheme for improving the wage conditions of the workmen employed in the Royal parks has yet been sanctioned by the Treasury; whether particulars of the scheme can now be given; and, if so, when its promulgation may be expected?

This question is still under the consideration of His Majesty's Treasury.