asked the Minister of Health if he is now able to announce the names of the members he has appointed to deal with the question of the buildings involved in re-housing after slum clearance?

Yes, Sir. The members of the Committee will be:Ewart S. Andrews" Esq., B.Sc., M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Struct.E.Henry V. Ashley, Esq., F.R.I.B.A.Oscar Faber, Esq., O.B.E., D.Sc., M.Inst.C.E., M.I. Struct.E.George Topham Forrest, Esq., F. R. I.B. A.Ian B. M. Hamilton, Esq., B.A., A.R.I.B.A.Sir George W. Humphreys, K.B.E., M.Inst.C.E.B. L. Hurst, Esq., M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Mech.E.L. H. Keay, Esq., O.B.E., F.R.I.B.A.Francis Lorne, Esq., F.R.I.B.A.J. A. Macintyre, Esq., O.B.E., B.Sc., M. Inst.C.E.R. Travers Morgan, Esq., M.Eng., M. Inst. C.E., A.M.I.Mech.E., M.I Struct.E.Stanley, C. Ramsey, F.R.I.B.A.A. Scott, Esq., M.B.E., F.R.I.B.A., M.I.Struct.E.W. L. Scott, Esq., M.Inst.C.E.R. E. Stradling, Esq., M.C., D.Sc., Ph.D., M.Inst.C.E.J. Wilson, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., F.R.S.E.Sir George Humphreys will be Chairman, and Mr. A. Zaiman, whose services have been lent by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, will be Secretary of the Committee.

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what sum has been devoted by the State this year to the promotion of medical research and what sum has been similarly applied during the last eight years?

The annual grant-in-aid of the Medical Research Council was £135,000 from 1925 to 1927 inclusive, £148,000 from 1928 to 1931 inclusive and £139,000 in 1932 and.1933. Provision for a grant of £139,000 is included in the estimates for the current financial year. There are other contributions made by the State to medical research hut, apart from a grant of £100,000 in 1929 for the purchase of radium, it is not possible to give figures. Inclusive grants are paid to a number of universities out of which considerable sums are allocated by the university authorities to their medical schools which include medical research among their activities, but it is not possible to distinguish the amounts applied to this purpose. In addition, medical researches are undertaken from time to time by the Ministry of Health and other Government Departments.

asked the Home Secretary whether he will consider the desirability of extending the system whereby serving members of His Majesty's forces are permitted to vote by proxy, at Parliamentary Elections to county council, municipal, and other local elections?

I am not prepared to contemplate an extension to local government elections of the system of absent voting authorised for Parliamentary Elections.

asked the Home Secretary the details and particulars connected with identification parades of the Metropolitan Police in cases where charges are likely to be made?

Every person in the custody of the Metropolitan Police who is put up with other persons for identification is informed:

(1)that he or she will be placed among a number of persons, as far as possible of similar age, height, general appearance and class of life as himself or herself, and no intimation as to the identity of the accused will be given to the witnesses;

(2)that he or she has a right to stand in any position in the ranks and to object to any of the persons selected or the arrangements made: any such objection should be made to the officer conducting the identification;

(3) that he or she is entitled and may if desired have a solicitor or any friend present at the identification, but it must be distinctly understood that such person may not in any way interfere by action or words with the proceedings.

In addition, detailed arrangements are prescribed in General Orders with the object of ensuring that parades are carried out fairly and in such a way as not to prejudice the interests of the person concerned.

asked the First Commissioner of Works what was the revenue in 1933 from visitors to the Tower of London; what expenses were charged against this revenue; was there any surplus; and, if so, how was it allocated?

The total revenue in the financial year 1933–4 from admission fees and sales of guidebooks and postcards amounted to £18,706. Expenditure on the maintenance of the building, caretaking, supplies of gas, electricity and water, etc., amounted to £23,540. There was, therefore, no surplus.