asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what sum has been collected on oat products since the duty was raised to £7 10s. per ton?

The approximate amount of duty collected on oat products of the kinds covered by the Additional Import Duties (No. 1) Order, 1934, from 13th January, 1934, when the duty of 7s. 6d. per cwt. imposed under that Order came into operation, to 30th April, 1934, the latest date to which information is available, is £19,000.

asked the President of the Board of Trade the figures from 1919 to 1933, inclusive, of the yearly world production of sugar, specifying the amounts of cane sugar and beet sugar, respectively, the world consumption, and the world price of sugar on comparable dates in each year?

The following table gives particulars of the world production of beet and cane sugar in each of the years ended August, 1920 to 1933, as reported in the International Year Book of Agricultural Statistics. Comparable figures of the consumption of sugar cannot be given. No quotation giving the world price of sugar is available.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the total value of goods imported into Palestine from this country for the last convenient period and the total value of goods imported into this country from Palestine for the same period?

The Customs returns of Palestine for 1933 give the following figures:

asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that at the public crossing outside St. Martin's-in-the-Fields Church, Trafalgar Square, stationary vehicular traffic is drawn up so as to cover the white lines laid down for the guidance of pedestrians whereby they can no longer cross the road at the appointed place; and whether, in view of the danger involved, he will take steps to restore the pedestrians their former crossing place?

I have not received any complaints of the nature indicated, but I will draw the attention of the Commissioner of Police to my hon. Friend's question.

asked the Home Secretary what instructions have been issued to the Metropolitan Police in connection with their present special attention at traffic-signal lights; and whether, when a vehicle has just passed the white line and the amber light appears, the driver should bring his vehicle to a standstill or proceed across the roadway?

The police engaged in the measures now being taken to secure better compliance with the indications of the signal lights are instructed to pay special attention to cases where drivers approach the signals at an excessive speed or do not conform to the indications of the lights and to warn the offenders or report the cases with a view to consideration of the question of proceedings. The significance of the amber light shown alone is that a vehicle should stop unless, when the light first appears, it cannot safely be stopped before reaching the stop line. If the stop line has been passed before the amber light appears, the vehicle should clear the intersection.