asked the Secretary of State for War, whether the question of reassessing the pensions of pre-war permanent disability pensioners who served during the recent war has been considered; and, if so, what decision has been come to.

I have been asked to reply. It has been decided that the pensions of pre-war disability pensioners of over 14 years' service who served again in the Great War and were not again invalided shall be brought up to the rates of pension proposed for post-War in-validings, and similarly that pre-War disability pensioners of over 14 years' service who served during the Great War and were again invalided shall be eligible for Service allowances at War rates.

asked the President of the Board of Trade when the regulations imposed on the bread trade under the Defence of the Realm Act for the period of the War are going to be removed.

The question of retaining or revoking the provisions of the Bread Order has been considered by a Committee appointed by the late Food Controller. Their Report is being printed, and will be presented to Parliament forthwith.

Asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give the details of the valuation of item, Stock at end of period, amounting to £579,699 17s., as appearing in the Total breaking-down statement for the year ended 31st March, 1920, page 14, of the Ministry of Munitions Appropriation Account, 1919–20 (White Paper, No. 102)?

I regret that it is not at the moment possible to furnish the details asked for by the hon. and gallant Member. The stock in question comprises a very large number of items for a statement of the separate valuation of which it would be necessary to investigate the files relating to the particular factories concerned, and in the process of liquidating the Ministry of Munitions these files have been removed from the offices of the department store. It is, however, possible to say that the major portion of the stock consists of residual brass, copper, steel and iron, and lead; and that the basis of the valuation figure was the market price of the scrap or other material at date of production.

I am informed that to furnish the details asked for would be a somewhat laborious task, probably occupying the full time of an officer for at least a week, but if the hon. and gallant Member is particularly anxious for a statement, I will arrange that one shall be furnished for him.

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how much of the debt owing to us by Russia and the Allies is in respect of coal?

It is not possible to separate the credits granted to Russia and the Allies as between coal and other commodities without an exhaustive inquiry in the books of the various Government Departments concerned. My hon. Friend will appreciate that such an inquiry would involve very considerable expenditure, which I do not feel justified in incurring at the present time.

asked the Minister of Health if he will state the amount and scale of remuneration given to clerks of the county councils and town clerks in boroughs who are appointed under Section 12 of the Representation of the People Act, 1918, to act as registration officers; also the bonus, if any; and whether, in giving such remuneration, account is taken of the salaries they are paid by local authorities by whom they are employed?

I have been asked to reply. Maximum scales of registration expenses were prescribed by the Treasury on the 16th March, 1920, on the recommendation of a Departmental Committee presided over by the hon. Member for South Leeds, and are published as Statutory Rule and Order No. 395 of 1920. These scales, having been fixed as recently as March, 1920, do not carry a bonus. They were framed on the basis of reasonable remuneration for the duties placed upon the officers in question by the Act, and any consequent adjustment in the salaries paid to these officers by local authorities is a matter for the local authorities concerned.