asked the Prime Minister when the Report of the Industrial Transference Board will be completed; and if, in view of the interest it has raised, he can give the assurance that it will be published?

A statement will be made on this subject as soon as possible.

asked the Minister of Labour the names of the Employers' and workers' representatives on the court of referees panel for the Walworth Road, Borough, Employment Exchange, stating the date of their employment; whether all members have been afforded an opportunity of sitting; and how many cases have been adjudicated upon by them during the 12 months ended to the last convenient date, giving the number of cases allowed or disallowed, respectively?

I am sending the hon. Member a list of the members of the panels of this Court, with the dates of appointment. All the members have been called upon to serve, with the exception of three recently appointed, 931 cases have been dealt with in the 12 months ended 25th June, 1928, and of these 244 have been allowed and 687 disallowed.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the estimated amount of rates levied in Scotland on agricultural buildings, excluding farmhouses, for, the last three years, respectively?

In Scotland, agricultural subjects are assessed as a whole, and agricultural buildings are neither separately valued nor separately rated. I am therefore unable to give the information desired.

asked the Minister of Health the date when the referees were selected under Section 29 (2) of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1925; how many meetings have been held since their appointment; and the date of their last meeting?

Three referees were appointed in January, 1926, one of whom resigned in February, 1927; eight additional referees were appointed in April, 1927, one of whom recently resigned. It is the practice for the referees to sit in panels of two, and while it is not possible to give the total number of meetings since the date of commencement of the Act, it may be stated that during the last six months the number of meetings has averaged 14 a week. In the current week 14 meetings have been held, including three meetings at which hearings took place in the provinces.

asked the Minister of Health whether he will, in the interests of public health, introduce legislation to prohibit the practice of spitting in public places?

No fresh legislation is required. The matter is one which can be dealt with by the local authorities by means of good rule bylaws under the Municipal Corporations Act and Local Government Act. Bylaws on the subject are in force in a number of places.

asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is in a position to make a statement on the permanent stabilisation of War pensions?

I am not yet in a position to add anything to the answer which I gave to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Hexham (Colonel Clifton Brown) on 23rd May, of which I am sending my hon. Friend a copy.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received any representations from the executive of the Kenya Convention of Associations urging the desirability of 'securing Tanganyika for all time as an integral part of the Empire; and whether he will state the attitude of His Majesty's Government towards such proposals with reference to mandated territory?

The views of His Majesty's Government on the mandate have been stated repeatedly. In particular, I would refer to the replies to my hon. Friend the Member for North Bradford (Mr. Ramsden) on 15th February last year.

asked the Undersecretary of State for India if he will make a statement regarding the development of tourist traffic on Indian railways; how many European passengers were carried; how many passenger-miles were travelled; and what was the resulting income to the railways in 1913, 1920 and 1921, respectively?

I understand that a report referring to the development of tourist traffic on Indian railways has been issued in India. I have not yet seen this report, but I will obtain copies and supply one to the hon. Member, The Indian railway statistics do not distinguish European from other passengers. The passenger-miles travelled were:

There was a large increase in fares in 1922, causing a considerable falling off in the passenger mileage which has not yet been fully made good. A reduction is to be made this year.

asked the Home Secretary under what authority British subjects embarking from or disembarking in the United Kingdom are required to furnish passports.

The production of a passport is not essential to enable a British subject to embark or disembark at a port in the United Kingdom. It provides evidence in a convenient form of the nationality and identity of the holder: but if a British subject is in a position to produce other satisfactory evidence as to his nationality it would be accepted.

asked the Minister of Transport whether any contribution his been or is being made from the Road Fund towards the reconstruction of Green Lane, Nor-bury.

A contribution of £8,803 has been made towards the reconstruction of part of Green Lane, a scheme initiated by the Croydon Town Council in 1921 as an unemployment relief scheme.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the suitability of the sudd of the Upper Nile for paper-making, any attempt has been made to develop it commercially in this or any other way, and thus open up a new industry in the Sudan.

Yes, Sir. Efforts have been made, but they have hitherto proved fruitiest' owing to the prohibitive cost of transport.

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total amounts of Customs and Excise revenue received by the Treasury from silk and artificial silk from 1st November, 1927, to the end of May, 1928, under the various headings of these taxes, including the amount of drawbacks refunded in the same months.

The following statement gives the information for which my hon. Friend asks:

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the League Council has reached any decision with regard to the proposal that The International Courts of Justice at the Hague should determine the question whether the mixed arbitral tribunal established under the Treaty of Trianon is competent to deal with the dispute between the Hungarian nationals and Rumania: and what is the attitude of His Majesty's representatives with regard to that proposal.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) if the Council of the League of Nations proposes to obtain an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice at The Hague as to the competence of the mixed arbitral tribunal constituted under the Treaty of Trianon to hear and adjudicate on the dispute between the Hungarian nationals and Rumania;(2) whether he can give any further information as to the action of the League of Nations with regard to filling up the vacancy on the mixed arbitral tribunal to which application was made for hearing the dispute between the Hungarian optants and Rumania as provided by the Treaty of Trianon?

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any progress has been made at the recent meeting of the League of Nations at Geneva towards obtaining a judicial decision on the claims of the Hungarian nationals against Rumania, which have long been pending before the mixed arbitral tribunal established pursuant to the provisions of the Treaty of Trianon?

I will answer these questions together. The council's decision on the questions submitted to it by Rumania and Hungary was embodied in a resolution, of which I shall be happy to send the hon. Members a copy if they have not already seen it.

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that beet-sugar organisations in the eastern counties which are in receipt of public money have recently been purchasing foreign-engined tugs; and whether this policy had the sanction of the Ministry before the orders were placed abroad?

From inquiries I have made, I am unable to trace that any of the British beet sugar factory companies have recently been purchasing foreigned-engined tugs. The second part of the question does not therefore arise.