asked the Home Secretary whether he has yet decided to introduce legislation to carrying out any of the recommendations of the departmental committee on persistent offenders.

I have been in communication with various authorities, including the Chief Constables, on the Report of this Committee, but I am not yet in a position to make a statement on the subject.

asked the Home Secretary when he proposes to introduce legislation to carry out the recommendations of the Select Committee on Amalgamation of Police Forces.

I hope it may be possible to introduce legislation on this subject during the present Session, but I cannot make any more specific statement at present.

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of university students taking full- and part-time courses in the universities of Great Britain in 1914.

The only official figures available regarding England and Wales are those contained in the publication of the Board of Education entitled "Reports for the year 1913–14 from those Universities and University Colleges in Great Britain which are in receipt of Grant from the Board of Education." The total figures for England and Wales given in that publication were: Full-time, 11,635; Part-time, 16,518; but these figures were by no means complete for the Universities of the country generally, since they excluded many students who were in University Institutions then receiving no grants, and therefore making no returns to the Board. The number of students in the Scottish Universities for the year 1913–14 as given in the returns which were presented to Parliament was 7,766, but no distinction between full-time and part-time students was made in these returns.