asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the present composition of the British national group for nominating Judges for election to the Permanent Court of International Justice; and what changes have recently taken place?

The British National Group consists of the Lord Chancellor, Professor A. Pearce Higgins and Sir Cecil Hurst. The Lord Chancellor and Professor Pearce Higgins were nominated in June last.

asked the Minister of Pensions whether in order to relieve the anxiety and uncertainty of parents and guardians of ex-service men's children, he will consider the desirability of making the duration of educational grants for a period of years instead of for one year, subject only to satisfactory progress on the part of the child?

No difficulties should arise by reason of the limited duration of the periodic grant, because steps are taken to explain fully to the recipients the action they should take to obtain renewal of the grant. Where the case continues to fulfil the regulated conditions of the grant, no difficulty arises, but I should have no authority to authorise grants for any period in which these conditions might not be fulfilled.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, if he will give a list, by counties, of the common lands and manorial wastes in England and Wales to which the public have been given since 4th April, 1930, rights of air and exercise under the Law of Property Act, 1925, stating in each case the parish in which the common is situated, the acreage of the land, and the name of the person executing the deed?

The particulars which my hon. Friend requires are given in the following statement:—

asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will give the names of the commons in respect of which applications have been made to his Department since 7th November, 1929, and also of commons in respect of which an application was under consideration by his Department on that date for sanction under Section 194 of the Law of Property Act, 1925, to make an enclosure, specifying in each case whether a public inquiry has been held, the area of land sought to be enclosed, the purpose for which it was proposed to enclose the land, the area, if any, thrown into the common in lieu of the land enclosed, the result of the application, and the reason, in any ease where con- sent has been given without an area being thrown into the common at least equal to the land enclosed, for not requiring this course to he followed?

As stated in the reply I gave to my hon. Friend on 7th November, 1929, Section 194 of the Law of Property Act, 1925, requires the Ministry's consent not merely to actual enclosure, but also to the erection of any building or fence, or the construction of any other work not necessarily involving enclosure, whereby access to common land is prevented or impeded. The particulars which my hon. Friend requires as to applications under consideration on, and received since, 7th November, 1929, are as follow:

asked the Minister of Transport whether any decision has yet been come to with regard to the application for consent to erect an overhead cable across the proposed aerodrome at Wednesfield; and what the present position is?

An application for my decision has not yet been made, but I understand it will be lodged shortly. As I have already informed the hon. Member, I shall consult the Air Ministry before coming to a decision.

asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the fact that there is no statutory provision in which a parish council is entitled to obtain from a rural district council any details of special rate expenditure by the parish concerned; and whether, since this information ought to be provided, he will consider incorporating the necessary provision in any appropriate legislation he may introduce on the subject in the near future?

Regulations made under the Rating and Valuation Acts already provide that demand notes for special rates shall show separately the gross expenditure and the grant income under the Local Government Act, 1929, together with any other special rate credits, in respect of sewerage, water supply and other services. In addition, every parochial elector is entitled to have access to the accounts of the district council. I am not satisfied that further provision is necessary.