asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the revenue ob- tained in 1932 and 1933, respectively, through the duties placed upon imported produce under the Horticultural Products Act and the Import Duties Act?

The approximate amount of revenue obtained in 1932 from the duties imposed under the Horticultural Products (Emergency Customs Duties) Act, 1931, was £755,000. If the Noble Lady will be good enough to let me know for what articles or classes of articles liable to duty under the Import Duties Act, 1932, she desires statistics, I will endeavour to have the information extracted.

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he has yet received the Report of the Import Duties Advisory Committee on the application for increased duties on imported timber; and, if so, when he proposes to publish the document?

I would refer my Noble Friend to the reply which I gave on 18th May to the question asked by the hon. and gallant Member for the Eastern Division of Kingston-upon-Hull (Brigadier-General Nation). I cannot say when it will be possible to publish particular recommendations.

asked the Minister of Labour the number of insured persons classified in trade groups employed in theThe numbers of insured persons in each industry are ascertained once a year, in respect of the beginning of July, from the exchange of unemployment books, and figures for other dates are not available.The following table shows the estimated numbers of insured persons in the building industry classification at July, 1932, and the numbers recorded as unemployed in March, April and May, 1933.

The following statement gives the information for which the hon. Member asks.

asked the Minister of Labour the maximum amount an unemployed man may earn per diem to retain his right to unemployment benefit; and whether the value of produce sold by an unemployed man from his allotment is assessed for purposes of transitional benefit?

I am sending the hon. Member a leaflet, U.I.L. 40, which contains answers to both parts of the question.

MORRIS asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that at present a third party injured by the negligence of a person insured against third-party risks loses all rights of action for personal injuries upon the death of the insured person; and if he will introduce legislation to extend the benefits of the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act, 1930, so as to confer upon third parties similar rights against insurers of third-party risks in the event of the insured's death as are provided in that Act in the event of the insured's bankruptcy?

In the circumstances referred to by my hon. Friend, no claim on the part of an injured person would ordinarily lie. The legal maxim that a right of personal action ceases on the death of the person against whom it may be brought is of wide application. The point was ex- pressly considered when the Road Traffic Bill was before the House, but Parliament decided not to introduce an exception to this general principle in a particular case such as that of insurance against third-party risks.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the number of classes in elementary schools in which the numbers exceed 50 and 60, respectively?

In the public elementary schools in England and Wales there were, on 31st March, 1932, 7,910 classes containing more than 50 pupils, but not more than 60, and 76 classes containing over 60 pupils.

asked the Home Secretary between what ages recruits will be accepted for the new class of fixed-period-service constables in the Metropolitan Police Force; and whether any period of training will be counted as part of the 10 years' service?

As at present proposed, the age limits for entry on the short-service basis will be the same as those for the men taken on long-service terms—which are at present 20–25, and it is not intended that the period spent in the training school will be counted as part of the 10 years' service.