asked the President of the Board of Trade the total imports to this country from Mexico during the last twelve months to the latest convenient date, giving the respective values of the principal commodities imported.

The following table shows the total declared value of the imports of merchandise into the United Kingdom registered during the twelve months ended September, 1936, as consigned from Mexico, distinguishing the principal commodities imported.

asked the Minister of Health, whether he will use his influence to effect agreement between the health committee of Liverpool and the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company as to the methods whereby the company may be able to assist in the early abatement of the smoke nuisance in the central area of Liverpool?

I am informed that the Railway Company are obtaining a report on existing conditions as a preliminary step to considering what practicable measures can be taken in cooperation with the Town Council in the matter. I do not feel that anything would be gained by my intervention at the present stage. I am, however, keeping in touch with developments.

asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the strong local opposition in Bournemouth, he will take steps to secure an alteration of the present method of sewage disposal, whereby at certain states of the tide sewage is washed back into the bay causing not only unpleasant conditions for bathers, but possible risk to health from bathing and from the consumption of fish caught in the bay?

I am aware of these allegations against the present method of sewage disposal. The allegations are receiving the urgent attention of a Joint Committee of the Borough Councils of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole with a view to any necessary remedial measures. I am keeping in touch with the work of this Committee.

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he will state the total amount of subsidy earned and received annually by the light aeroplane clubs, and the amount earned by each club, respectively, for each year during the current subsidy agreement?

The figures for the financial years 1932–5 are shown below.

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that Members find great difficulty in securing certain Stationery Office publications; and whether he will take steps Complete figures for 1936 are not, of course, yet available.to see that all Government publications published by that office shall be freely available to Members?

The publications of the Stationery Office are extremely numerous and varied. Many of them have little or no bearing on the course of Parliamentary business. I regret, therefore, that I cannot undertake to adopt the hon. Member's suggestion. Parliamentary Papers of the current Session are, of course, freely available to Members at the Vote Office; and they are entitled on application to the Controller of the Stationery Office to Non-Parliamentary publications of the current Session which are reasonably required for the discharge of their Parliamentary duties. I am not aware that Members have any difficulty in obtaining publications within these limits, which were adopted in 1924 and have, so far as I am aware, worked satisfactorily in practice.

asked the Minister of Agriculture what has been the per capita consumption of beef and veal, mutton and lamb, and pig products, respectively, from 1932 to the latest convenient date?

The following statement gives the information desired: