asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that there is dissatisfaction among the inhabitants of Hucclecote, Gloucester, as to the existing postal arrangements between Hucclecote and Devonshire; and whether he will consider the advisability of introducing a Saturday afternoon delivery in respect of parcels?

My right hon. Friend has made full inquiry, but can find no evidence of any general dissatisfaction among the inhabitants of Hucclecote, Gloucester, with the existing postal services, but he will see whether any improvement is possible and will write to the hon. Member. The Saturday afternoon delivery at Hucclecote was suspended some years ago with the consent of the local council, but if it is now the general desire that the delivery should be restored, my right hon. Friend will reconsider the question. If the delivery were restored there would be no advantage in restricting it to parcels.

asked the Minister of Transport what reply has been sent to the request made to him to provide a sum for road improvement at Langden Beck, Teesdale, Durham?

I am unable to trace any such request, but I will have inquiries made locally and communicate the result to the hon. Member.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been called to the destruction of sea birds off Flamborough Head by the discharge of oil from ships; and if he proposes to take any action to prevent this?

My attention has been called to this case, which is under inquiry. As regards prevention I would refer to my reply to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Blackpool (Captain Erskine-Bolst) on 15th March last.

asked the President of the Board of Education how many scholarships were awarded during 1930 and 1931 to sons and daughters of agricultural workers?

I regret that no information is available as to the occupations of the parents of pupils to whom scholarships were awarded by local education authorities in the years in question. Any question as to the special provision for the agricultural education of the sons and daughters of agricultural workers should be addressed to my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in the agreement with France for the compensation of War damage, dated 2nd August, 1929, it was arranged with the French Government in regard to French nationals who suffered War damage in this country that their claims, assessed according to the rules laid down by the Royal Commission for Compensation for Suffering and Damage from Enemy Action, should be paid in full or only according to an agreed scale of percentages; and whether British nationals in France are to be paid the whole amount of their assessments or only a proportion thereof?

Under the agreement with France for the compensation of War damage dated 2nd August, 1929, French nationals who suffered War damage in this country are to be compensated according to the conditions applied to British subjects by the Royal Commission on Compensation for Suffering and Damage by Enemy Action, and for particulars of these conditions I would refer my hon. Friend to the Reports of the Royal Commission, Cmd. 1798, paragraph 26 and Cmd. 2066, paragraph 18. Similarly, British nationals who suffered War damage in France are admitted to the benefit of the relevant French legislation. This consists mainly in the law of 17th April, 1919, which provides for the payment, in accordance with the arrangements prescribed in Part IV of the law, of compensation for war damage to property. The text of this law can be consulted on application to the Librarian, the Foreign Office.