asked the Minister of Agriculture, the amount of flour and wheat, respectively, imported at present?

I would refer my hon. friend to the Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, how the volume of poultry production in 1937 compared with that in 1914?

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving me this opportunity to correct an error contained in the Tabular Statement given in reply to his question on this subject on 7th March. The figures in question should have read as follow:

Promotions to Commissioned Rank from the lower deck, 1936.
		Seamanship.			Class of Certificates
Ages at time of promotion to Actg.-Sub-Lieutenant.			Greenwich.		Gunnery.	Torpedo.	Signals.	Navigation.
			Part I.	Part II.
23 years 6 months	…	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	—
22 years 11 months	…	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	3rd	2nd	—
22 years 2 months	…	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	—
22 years 5 months	…	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	—	1st

It will not be possible to answer the last two parts of the question until the above schedule is complete, when these officers have finished their courses.

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the number of unemployed in the Wolverhampton and Willenhall Exchanges on the 1st March,

—				Wolverhampton.		Willenhall.
				Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.
22nd February, 1937:
Aged 14–17 years	…	…	…	20	67	2	—
Aged 18 years and over	…	…	…	3,271	558	479	94
14th February, 1938:
Aged 14–17 years	…	…	…	42	150	—	—
Aged 18 years and over	…	…	…	3,147	989	465	324

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will state the ages, on the date of their promotion, of the four sub-lieutenants ex-lower deck commissioned in 1936; the certificates obtained in their various examinations; the accelerated promotion obtained; and the dates they are due for promotion to lieutenant and their ages on that date?

The information asked for in the first two parts of the question is given in the following table:1937, and 1st March, 1938, in respect of those under 18, those between 18 and 50, and those over 50?

Statistics giving the information desired are not available for the dates mentioned. The following table gives for 22nd February, 1937, and 14th February, 1938, the numbers unemployed on the registers of the Wolverhampton and Willenhall Employment Exchanges who were aged under 18 and 18 years and over respectively.

asked the Minister of Labour the total number of persons defined as seasonal workers who failed to qualify for unemployment benefit in Glasgow for the years 1936 and 1937, respectively?

, pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 3rd March, 1938; col. 1261, Vol. 332) supplied the following statement:During the year 1936, 175 claims to benefit made at Employment Exchanges in Glasgow were disallowed by Courts of Referees under the Anomalies (Seasonal Workers) Order; the corresponding figure for 1937 was 149. These figures may include some cases in which the claimants concerned resided outside Glasgow. The figures relate to claims disallowed; the number of separate individuals concerned is not available.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many sheep have been reported missing or stolen in each of the counties of Scotland during each of the last three years, respectively; what steps are being taken by the State or local authorities to diminish or stop such losses; and if he has any statement to make on the subject?

The numbers of sheep reported to Procurators Fiscal as missing or 1936, and 1st November, 1937, and the available figures are given below.stolen in Scottish Counties during the years 1935, 1936 and 1937 were as follow:

County.	1935.	1936.	1937.
Aberdeen	16	31	68
Angus	—	93	—
Argyll	296	86	666
Ayr	34	37	40
Banff	—	11	—
Berwick	10	6	6
Bute	—	—	6
Caithness	2	6	43
Clackmannan	—	19	—
Dumbarton	10	90	5
Dumfries and Kirkcudbright	22	2	56
East Lothian	—	14	9
Fife	26	43	42
Inverness	140	228	172
Kincardine	—	—	22
Kinross	11	30	68
Lanark	34	37	38
Midlothian	2	5	12
Moray	7	—	46
Nairn	—	—	—
Orkney	—	—	—
Peebles	—	—	—
Perth	140	143	174
Renfrew	1	1	1
Ross and Cromarty	6	14	56
Roxburgh	12	2	4
Selkirk	3	—	—
Stirling	109	187	74
Sutherland	21	33	29
Wigtown	—	1	1
West Lothian	45	72	38
Zetland	—	1	—
Total	947	1,192	1,676

Separate figures for Dumfries and Kirkcudbright are not available.The figures given for Inverness may include a few cases occurring in Argyll.All cases of theft or suspected theft are investigated by the police and I have received no recent representations on the subject, suggesting that other measures should be' taken.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will publish the results of his inquiries of local authorities relative to the employment of children out of school hours and young persons engaged in street trading?

I am considering the question of making inquiries of the kind referred to in the question, but no such inquiries have yet been made of local authorities in Scotland.

asked the Prime Minister whether he has considered the resolution passed unanimously at a meeting on 4th March, 1938, representing 1,800 members of the Greenock Central Co-operative Society, Limited, and sent to him by the honourable and learned Member for Greenock; and what answer he has returned thereto?

I have received a copy of the Resolution to which the hon. and learned Member refers and have acknowledged its receipt.