asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give the number of civilian employÉs engaged by the War Department at Gibraltar in September, 1937, and March, 1938?

Excluding persons employed on fluctuating work, such as unloading vessels and works services, the approximate numbers employed in September, 1937, and March, 1938, were 190 and 200 respectively.

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can state the number of men who are invalided out of the Army annually through physical defects?

I would refer my hon. Friend to the figures given on page 30 of the General Annual Report on the British Army, 1937 (Cmd. 5686), among which are shown the number of soldiers invalided from the Regular Army in each of the last to years. The figure for 1937 was 1,282, the lowest since the Great War and 290 less than that for 1936.

asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to the fact that a considerable number of applicants who wish to join an anti-aircraft unit have been re- fused by the 57th Field Brigade, Royal Artillery, at the Drill Hall, Church Street, Brighton, owing to the absence of any provision being made in Sussex for recruitment; and whether it is contemplated making any change in this direction?

There is at present no anti-aircraft unit in the neighbourhood into which such applicants can be enlisted. I would, however, point out that a very small number of vacancies exist in the 57th Field Brigade, and I hope that those whom my hon. and gallant Friend has in mind will not lose their chance of filling them before it is too late.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any representations have been received from the United States Government with regard to the provisions of the Cinematograph Films Act and the Anglo-American Trade Agreement; and whether, in connection with the latter, any regard is to be had to the concessions which have been made to the American film industry and to the fact that the Act provides a guarantee that approximately three-quarters of the market for films in Great Britain will be available for foreign films during the next 10 years?

I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given yesterday to my hon. Friend the Member for Moss Side (Mr. W. R. Duckworth). The Cinematograph Films Act does not give any guarantee of a minimum market for foreign films.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the quantity of lager beer imported into this country from Denmark during the 12 months prior to the last increase of duty on that commodity, and for the 12 months subsequent thereto?

The duty on imported non-Empire beer was last increased on the 22nd April, 1936. Imports of lager beer, as such, are not separately distinguised in the trade returns of the United Kingdom, but imports consigned from Denmark of beer of descriptions other than mum, spruce, or black beer, or Berlin white beer and other similar preparations, amounted to 16,813 bulk barrels during the 12 months ended April, 1936, and to 20,039 bulk barrels during the following 12 months.

asked the Minister of Health whether he will direct the attention of local authorities to the report of his department on the milk-borne outbreak of food poisoning involving over 100 persons at Wilton, in Wiltshire, and especially to the statement of the chief medical officer that this is an example of the class of outbreak which is due to infection of the milk by a diseased cow; that a clean raw milk is not necessarily a safe milk; and that the only practicable way to reduce the risk of such outbreaks to a minimum is by efficient pasteurisation or by some other suitable form of heat-treatment?

Copies of the report have been sent to the medical officers of health of all counties and county boroughs.

asked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the countries where statutory effect has already been given, or is in process of being given, to the provision of annual holidays with pay for manual workers?

, pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 31st March, 1938; Col. 2157, Vol. 333) supplied the following statement:

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what part of the total cost of £2,070 of the Stewart Committee on the Workmen's Compensation Act was incurred in reproducing the minutes of evidence for confidential circulation?

The cost of duplicating the minutes of evidence for this purpose was £205. By a misunderstanding, this sum was not included in the total cost of the inquiry, which should therefore be reckoned at £2,275 instead of £2,070.

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what part of the total expenditure of £918 of the committee on compulsory insurance was incurred in printing the minutes of evidence; and how much of the expenditure so incurred has been recouped by sales?

The cost of printing the minutes of evidence of the Committee on Compulsory Insurance was £495, of which £241 has been recouped by sales.

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will state the names of firms in Wolverhampton, Willenhall, and Wednesfield holding Admiralty contracts at the present time?

Contracts are not recorded under particular towns, as no useful administrative purpose would be served by doing so and no staff exists for the purpose.Such special examination of the records of the Department as it has been practicable to undertake in this instance shows that the following firms in these districts are at present carrying out contracts for the Admiralty, but the list may not be exhaustive:The Electric Construction Company, Limited, Wolverhampton.Boulton and Paul Aircraft, Limited, Wolverhampton.E. Chilton and Sons, Wolverhampton.