asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will now sanction the Devereux experiments in insemination at Kimble, in view of the fact that the standards of Reading and Cambridge have been complied with and commitments on equipment have been made?

Pending the powers I hope to obtain from Parliament enabling me to exercise proper control, I deprecate the establishment of artificial insemination schemes.

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has considered the position of people living in rural areas who have no restaurants to go to in order to obtain food without coupons and who by keeping hens can obtain eggs; and whether he will consider the revision of the recent Order in their favour?

The position of dwellers in rural areas was not overlooked when revision of the arrangements for rationing feeding-stuffs for domestic poultry was under consideration.

asked the Minister of Information whether his attention has been directed to the omission of any mention of Welsh troops from the film entitled "Showing General Wavell's 30,000 English, Scotch, Irish and Imperial troops in action"; and the reason for the inaccuracy in the title of this film?

The title of this film is "Wavell's 30,000." I am sorry that there was no mention in the second introductory title of the part played by Welsh soldiers in this fighting.

asked the Postmaster-General whether he will consider the possibility of reducing the charge for cables to those serving in the Services in India from 5d. per word on similar lines to the inclusive code cables for 2s. 6d. now sent to the Middle East?

As I informed the House in reply to a Question by the hon. Member for Twickenham (Mr. Keeling) on nth February last, the extension to India of the standard text arrangement for telegrams at a fixed charge of 2s. 6d. suggested by the hon. Member has already been proposed to the Government of India, which, after careful consideration of the special local problems involved, felt unable to adopt it. Quite recently the Government of India were asked to review the question of their participation in the standard text scheme, but they have replied that the reasons which led them to make their original decision still hold good. The rate of 5d. a word, with no charge for the address, already available for telegrams to and from the Forces in India, is itself a cheap rate, making possible the sending of a message of five words of the sender's choice, and the sender's name, for 2s. 6d.

asked the Home Secretary the totalisator receipts for the years 1938, 1939, 1940 and 1941 for dog-racing and horse-racing, respectively?

The total receipts at totalisators on horse racecourses during these years Were as follow:

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will have inquiries made regarding the case of Mr. L. Coates, of Witten Croft, Pinvin, Per-shore, who has a potentially large fruit crop, estimated at 75 tons, who has been unable to obtain petrol for the haulage of this crop and is faced with the loss of two-thirds of it for the want of transport?

Mr. Coates made application for an allowance for the July-August period for transporting plums and apples, but indicated that his estimate might need to be revised when the weight of the crop Would be more definitely known. The divisional petroleum officer therefore made a provisional allowance intended to carry him on until he could estimate his requirements more closely. An inspector who called on Mr. Coates on 10th July found that he had not yet needed to use any part of the allowance. The provisional allowance has now been increased in the light of the inspector's discussion with Mr. Coates.

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether American nationals employed or residing within the leased areas of naval bases in the West Indies, and who commit offences outside the leased areas, are subjected to the ordinary laws of the Colony; and, if not, what is their position?

The position is generally as stated by my hon. Friend; but I would invite attention to Article IV of the Agreement with the United States relating to the bases.

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether products of farms in Africa, where forced labour is employed, will have regulated prices; and whether the indigenous cultivator will have guaranteed prices for his export products?

The only territory in Africa under the control of the Colonial Office in which any substantial amount of compulsory labour is employed on agricultural operations in Kenya, and the prices of nearly all important export products of that Colony are subject to Government regulation. As regards the second part of the Question, in Kenya the chief crop produced for export by the African population is maize and the price for this commodity has been guaranteed.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport why passengers on the London and North Eastern Railway are not allowed a cup of tea at station buffets but may have a glass of beer?

I am informed that it is the company's practice to serve tea at all hours during which station buffets are open.