asked the Minister of Food what additional rations are available to workers in heavy industries; through what agencies or by what means these additional rations are available; and in particular what rations are available to workers in the building industry.

Apart from the extra meat allowed for underground coal miners, workers in heavy industries do not receive extra individual rations. A substantially increased scale of allowances of rationed food is, however, provided for Category A and B industrial workers' canteens for feeding such workers on the job and is available to the building industry for workers engaged on construction or excavation. A special cheese ration is given to certain categories of workers, mainly agricultural, for whom the provision of canteen or other catering facilities is impracticable, and this is available for the same reason to building trade workers regularly employed in rural areas.

asked the Minister of Food if he will take steps to purchase from the Overseas Food Corporation the supplies of fertilisers ordered for the groundnut scheme in East Africa and not now required for use this season, with a view to making these supplies available to farmers in this country.

All the stocks of fertiliser held by the Corporation are in East Africa and are needed there this year.

asked the Minister of Food if supplies of water have been discovered at Kongwa, Urambo and Lindi, adequate to provide the three centres of development under the East African Groundnut Scheme with all the water required.

I have informed the Overseas Food Corporation of the hon. Member's Question, and have invited them to reply to him direct.

asked the Minister of Food how many inspectors have been employed in the last month visiting farms in Berkshire; why they do not first approach the farmer or someone else responsible before they enter barns and other premises; and what has been discovered in the course of these visits.

During the last month 13 Enforcement Inspectors have visited farms at different times in Berkshire. We are looking into some apparent cases of infringement of the food regulations. All Enforcement Inspectors are instructed to approach the farmer or his representative before beginning their inspection.

asked the Minister of Food whether in view of the fact that home production of lactose is ample to meet our requirements, the import of lactose will be discontinued.

No. Lactose is not imported by the Ministry, but by private traders under licence, who have to pay a substantial import duty. I see no reason for further restrictions.

asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that the arrangements for distributing food parcels are still inadequate in those districts where there are no local mayors, and where deserving old people are living on new housing estates and are not individually known to local authorities; and whether he will reorganise the present methods of distribution to ensure that all such persons have an opportunity of receiving a share of such parcels.

I do not share the hon. and gallant Member's view that the arrangements are inadequate. In rural districts such as I believe he has in mind the rural district council handle the distribution of these welfare gifts in conjunction with representatives of welfare organisations like the W.V.S., Women's Institutes, and the Red Cross, and my experience is that they take the greatest care to see that the gifts reach the most deserving people, often employing the good offices of individual parish councils. The work involved is considerable, has been carried out on an entirely voluntary basis and the selection of recipients must be left to local discretion. As my right hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary told the hon. Member on 31st January, the Distributing Committees are always ready to consider individual cases if details are given to them.

asked the Minister of Food how many tons of barley are stored in the hangars at Ludford, North Lincolnshire; how often it is inspected; and is he satisfied there is no serious deterioration.

Seven thousand, five hundred tons of barley. It is inspected weekly and I am satisfied that there is no serious deterioration.

asked the Minister of Food what are the approximate anticipated sales of potatoes and carrots, separately, for the year 1948–49, as shown in the Trading Accounts and Balance Sheets, H.C. 34.

The analysis of the figures given in H.C. 34, the Trading Accounts for 1946–47, is about £11½ million for potatoes and £250,000 for carrots.

asked the Minister of Food what are the approximate estimated sales abroad for potatoes for 1948–49; to what countries principally have they been sold; and what amount, approximately, will they make.

About 140,000 tons of ware and seed potatoes will be sold abroad by my Department from the 1948 crop principally to Egypt, the Control Commission for Germany, Greece, Lebanon, Spain and Uruguay, for about £2,125,000. In addition, applications by private traders to export 21,409 tons of seed have been approved.

asked the Minister of Food how much lucerne meal he intends to import during 1949.

I am unable to say at present whether any lucerne meal will be imported in 1949.

asked the Minister of Food what amount of home-produced sugar of 1947–48 season was exported; and if he will give the countries that received the sugar, and the amount in each case.

None.

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will arrange for the issue of full rations for a specified number of poultry on small grassland farms which are unable to grow cereals.

I would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the statement that I made about the extended rationing scheme during the Debate on 20th July last. As I then said, committees have discretion to give full rations for a specified number of poultry in exceptional cases. This is intended to help small marginal dairy farms, generally unsuitable for crop production, in areas such as the West Riding. The sifting of cases has been difficult but committees will soon be able to issue these special rations.

asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will now increase the domestic poultry-keepers' ration by releasing some of the grain stored in abundance in buildings, or still in the stack, in many counties.

No. These stocks of grain will be required to meet existing scales of rations for all classes of livestock in future months.

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is yet in a position to make a statement on the steps which His Majesty's Government intends to take towards the establishment of a sugar beet factory south of the Thames.

No.

asked the Minister of Agriculture how many head of store cattle were imported from Eire during the whole of 1946, 1947 and 1948, respectively.

Imports into the United Kingdom in these years were 380,000, 335,000 and 280,000, respectively.

asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he proposes to take to secure heavier plantings of spring wheat; and whether he is satisfied that his target of 2,340,000 acres will be reached.

I have already called the attention of farmers to the serious fall in the acreage of winter wheat sown, as indicated by the 4th December returns and have urged them to plant the maximum acreage of spring wheat. County committees will be using their influence in the same direction, but I doubt whether the full target acreage will be reached.

asked the Minister of Agriculture (1) how much land in the Kettering rural district is not available for agriculture because it has been used, is being used or is reserved for use for iron-ore working;(2) how much land in the Kettering rural district is being used for agriculture and for afforestation, after having been worked for iron ore, and restored in the last 10 years; and to what extent the restoration has been satisfactory.

It is estimated that as a result of iron-ore working some 3,500 acres of land in the Kettering rural district is not in agricultural use. I regret that the other information requested is not available and could only be obtained at a considerable expenditure of time and labour.

asked the Minister of Agriculture how many persons are employed full-time or part-time by his Department or county agricultural executive committees catching vermin; on what basis are they recruited; and what are the salary or wages scales for such employment.

The number is approximately 1,400. Of these, 1,325, including 177 in the Women's Land Army, are employed by county agricultural executive committees and are primarily engaged in the destruction of rats, mice, rabbits and moles on farm lands. Seventy-five are directly employed by my Department and are primarily engaged in the destruction of rats and mice in food stores used by the Ministry of Food. Recruitment is mainly through the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Women's Land Army. Wages for men range from £4 10s. a week (operator) to £6 10s. a week (foreman), varying according to area; the rate for women, £3 8s. a week.

asked the Minister of Agriculture if he can estimate the amount of home-grown barley now held by farmers owing to lack of demand; what is his policy for disposing of this surplus; and, in view of the fact that it is one of the products covered by the Government guarantee, whether he will consult with the Minister of Food with a view to Government purchase of the surplus and re-sale for feeding to live stock.

I can give no estimate of the amount of home-grown barley now held on farms but intended ultimately for sale. Farmers should have no difficulty in disposing of their barley. Under the Agriculture Act, 1947, there is a guaranteed market for all barley of milling quality, and the Ministry of Food will purchase through approved buyers all millable or potentially millable barley for which an alternative outlet cannot be found, at a price not lower than the minimum price laid down for these grades. Such purchases are added to the pool of ration feedingstuffs.

asked the Minister of Agriculture how many acres were planted with potatoes in the United Kingdom; what was the estimated total crop; and what amount was paid in subsidies direct to the home growers for the years 1946–47, 1947–48 and 1948–49.

The information desired by the hon. Member is given in the following table:

UNITED KINGDOM POTATO CROP
—	Acreage	Estimated Production	Acreage Payments to Growers (For Financial year ended 31st March)†
	'000	'000 tons	£'000
	acres
1946–47	1,423	10,166	9,344
1947–48	1,330	7,760	12,714
1948–49	1,548	12,278*	15,357
			(to date)
*Subject to revision.
†Payments in each year include small remanet payments in respect of previous years.

asked the Minister of Supply to what extent shortage of steel is the factor responsible for 300 men being declared redundant by Messrs. Daimler Limited, Coventry.

The redundancy is not due to a shortage of steel, but to the difficulties which the company is experiencing in the export market and to the restrictions on sales in the home market.

asked the Minister of Supply whether his attention has been called to the inclusion of a loaded pistol, detonators and explosive rockets in a box of kites, sold at a Government surplus store in High Street, West Sunderland, and purchased for the use of children; and whether he will make a statement.

Yes. I regret that some boxes of distress signal kites, which were sold by auction in a mixed lot, in fact contained distress signal accessories as well. The boxes were recovered from the purchasers and no harm was caused. there are standing instructions about the treatment of dangerous stores and, as a further precaution the attention of superintendents of disposal depots has been drawn to this case.

asked the Minister of Supply whether he has any statement to make on the declaration by his Department that approximately 350 employees at the Ministry of Supply storage depot, Hereford, are now redundant.

I regret that it will be necessary to discharge about 350 industrial employees at this depot, because the work on the breakdown of equipment should be completed by the end of June. The employees will be discharged gradually and the Ministry of Labour expect to be able to offer them other work.

asked the Minister of Works whether he will consider issuing a permit to the Lancashire County Cricket Club to repair the war-damaged terracing at Old Trafford instead of the office buildings, for which latter work, a permit has already been granted.

Yes. If the Lancashire County Cricket Club wish this course to be adopted, I will consider it.

asked the Minister of Works whether he intends to invite tenders for any or all of the works on the island of Alderney for which his Department is responsible.

No. At the request of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department, my Ministry is to undertake the repair and re-building of war-damaged houses on Alderney. In view of the inadequancy of the local labour resources, the work will be carried out by my Ministry's Mobile Labour Force.

asked the Minister of Works what evidence he has received from the committee on the price of building materials, or otherwise, of excessive profits made in connection with the production or supply of building materials.

I have received no such evidence from the Committee on the Prices of Building Materials. One of the purposes of the Government price control is, of course, to avoid excessive profits in circumstances of scarcity and high demand.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the quantity and value of still table wines imported from Italy in casks and in bottles, respectively, during the year 1948.

The quantity and value of still table wines imported from Italy during the year 1948 was as follows: in casks, 5,172 gallons, valued at £2,048; in bottles, 51,952 gallons, valued at £56,024.

asked the President of the Board of Trade the total quantities and average prices paid for each of the following four major grades of wood pulp: bleached sulphite, strong sulphite, unbleached sulphate and mechanical, respectively, delivered to this country; and the average prices at which he sold them to paper mills and other consumers.

Figures showing the quantity and c.i.f. value of imports of mechanical pulp and of bleached and unbleached chemical pulp are published monthly in the Trade and Navigation Accounts. It is not in accordance with normal practice to publish the other information requested.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what countries produce sodium chlorate; and what purchases have been made during the past year from each of them.

The principal producing countries are: France, Italy, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Canada and the U.S.A. In 1948, imports amounted to 12.473 cwt., distributed as follow: Italy, 4,419 cwt.; Norway, 2,894 cwt.; Poland, 2,773 cwt.; France, 2,387 cwt.

asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what number of houses and flats, respectively, have been completed in Newfoundland to date by the St. John's Housing Corporation; and what programme is in hand.

One hundred and forty-seven houses, and eight blocks of five flats each and two blocks of 26 flats each, making a total of 92 flats, have been completed. The programme which the Housing Corporation has in hand provides for the completion of a further 93 houses.

asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what town or rural district councils have been set up since 1st January, 1949, in Newfoundland.

None.

asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what acreage has been cleared at Cormack and how many holdings have been established; what acreage of land has been cleared by the Government in 1948 and how many holdings have been established or extended.

Eight hundred and fifty acres have been cleared and 96 holdings established at Cormack. Approximately 300 acres were cleared in 1948. Elsewhere 685 acres have been cleared under the Land Development Scheme and 305 holdings have been extended.

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will make arrangements for arbitration in respect of the compensation value of compulsorily acquired gas stocks to begin forthwith instead of waiting until after the vesting date.

Under Sections 25 and 26 of the Gas Act, 1948, the compensation value of gas securities, unless automatically determined by reference to Stock Exchange quotations or the price of issue, may be settled by agreement between the Minister and the Stockholders' Representatives. These representatives are now being appointed by the Stockholders concerned and arrangements are being made for the necessary discussions with my Department. There is no intention to delay the negotiation and settlement of compensation values until after the Vesting Date but it will not be possible to deal with all the stocks simultaneously or to complete negotiations by the Vesting Date. Reference to the Gas Arbitration Tribunal to be set up under Section 63 of the Act will only be necessary if the Minister and the Stockholders' Representatives fail to agree on the compensation values.

asked the Minister of National Insurance what provision his regulations make for payment for loss of time to persons insured under the National Insurance Scheme who have to attend for medical treatment at a hospital at weekly or other regular intervals and, in consequence, lose a day's work each time.

The National Insurance Act contains no power to make regulations for the purposes mentioned by the hon. Member. As regards Industrial Injuries the regulations provide that any claimant or beneficiary who is directed by the Minister to undergo medical treatment may be paid travelling or other allowances, including compensation for loss of remunerative time.

asked the hon. Member for West Walthamstow, as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, if he will now take immediate steps to put the catering of the House of Commons on to an economic basis, and so avoid the necessity of the taxpayer having to subsidise the feeding of hon. Members.

The Kitchen Committee Special Report which was issued a few days ago, and is available in the Vote Office, fully answer's the hon. Member's Question. As the hon. Member does not appear to have seen it, I am sending him a copy.

asked the hon. Member for West Walthamstow, as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, if he is aware of the serious discontent among the waiting and kitchen staff because of the unpalatable and bad food served to them; and whether he will take immediate steps to remedy this matter.

No such discontent exists amongst the staff, nor is there any reason why it should. May I again remind the hon. Gentleman and the staff, that a Joint Staff Committee, to which the staff has elected its own representatives is in existence and is always available to consider any complaint, which the staff or the management wish to have considered.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the estimated yield in 1948–49 of Purchase Tax in the 35 different groupings of the Eighth Schedule to the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1948, or in such other groupings as may be available; and an estimate of the allocation of such yields as between luxury commodities not normally in the budgets of the weekly wage-earner, commodities ordinarily in the budgets of the weekly wage-earner, and commodities used in business the Purchase Tax of which would normally be passed to the consumer as part of the costs of production or distribution, respectively.

Revised estimates for the receipts from Purchase Tax for the financial year 1948–49 are not yet available, but it is estimated that the amount of approximately £300 million which was received from this tax in 1948 was made up as follows:

asked the Minister of Transport whether the British Transport Commission has yet submitted to him any area scheme or schemes for passenger road transport services and whether he will make a statement.

No, but the Commission have already begun an investigation with a view to the preparation of a scheme for the North Eastern Area, under Section 63 (1) of the Transport Act, 1947.

asked the Minister of Transport what progress has been made by his Department towards the freeing of Selby toll bridge and the provision of a new bridge.

I have arranged for the negotiations with the bridge owners to be resumed. Consultants are preparing designs for a new bridge and for a temporary bridge which will be necessary during its construction. I am not yet able to say when it will be possible to start work.

the Minister of Transport when does he propose to issue instructions that work be commenced on the agreed Hirwaun and Abergavenny, Cardiff and Merthyr trunk roads, and the new slip road linking the Cardiff and. Abergavenny trunk road at Merthyr Tydfil, so that the labour of the large numbers of unemployed men in these areas may be utilised.

My right hon. Friend hopes to begin work on the Merthyr Slip Road in the early summer and on the first section of the Hirwaun-Abergavenny road, between Dowlais Top and Llechryd, early next year. Survey work on the road between Cardiff and Merthyr is proceeding.

asked the Minister of Transport what representations have been made to him by Henley traders to relax the one-way traffic scheme in Bell Street; what is the reason for his refusal; and if he will consider suspending the scheme after 6 p.m. when there is little traffic, thereby reducing the inconvenience to the local inhabitants.

This scheme is at present experimental. If, after a sufficient trial, there are substantial objections to it, I will hold a local inquiry before deciding whether or not to make it permanent.

asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that a number of yellow-band markings on kerbstones are not easily discernable; and whether he has under consideration other methods of indicating these areas by upright posts.

Permanent "No Waiting" signs on posts are being put up as they become available.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what legal qualifications are required to be held by British magistrates sitting in summary courts of the British Military Government in Germany.

It is not deemed essential that magistrates sitting in Control Commission summary courts in the British zone of Germany should be qualified to act as barristers or solicitors. The essential qualities are commonsense, a judicial temperament, firmness and a sympathetic understanding.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what legal qualifications are held by Mr. H. S. Meech, magistrate of a summary court of the British Military Government in Germany.

Mr. H. S. Meech, who is the Chief Magistrate of Control Commission summary courts in Land North Rhine/Westphalia, is qualified by Statute as a Clerk to the Justices and served continuously for 20 years in this capacity at Yeovil, Nottingham, Dartford, Stokeon-on-Trent and Highgate.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what alterations he now intends to make in his policy with regard to shipbuilding in the Bizone of Germany.

The subject is being discussed with the French and United States Governments and my right hon. Friend hopes soon to be in a position to make a statement.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what recent reports received through the United Nations organisation indicate to be the present condition of the Holy Places in Jerusalem.

No report on the condition of the Holy Places has been received through the United Nations organisation since that contained in a section of the late Mediator's Progress Report on Palestine of 16th September to which the hon. Member's attention was drawn on 8th November.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what are the procedural difficulties blocking progress towards a Peace Treaty with Japan; what steps are being taken to overcome them; and whether he will consider devising some other instrument which would enable Japanese reparations and debts to be decided finally and liquidated, and to enable the British Government to deal directly with the elected Japanese Government on trade and other matters vitally concerning our two countries.

There are differences among the Powers concerned as to the composition and voting procedure of a Japanese Peace Conference. By far the most important of these arises from the insistence of the Soviet Union that the Far Eastern Settlement is primarily a matter for consideration by the Council of Foreign Ministers. His Majesty's Government, on the other hand, consider that the countries which actually carried the burden of the combat against the Japanese, and in particular the Commonwealth countries and Burma, should rank equally with the major powers in the drafting of this Treaty. In view of the divergence of these opinions, my right hon. Friend knows of no useful initiative that could be taken at present. With regard to reparations, this and the closely related question of Japan's future level of industry are subjects for consideration by the Far Eastern Commission, where our Rrepresentative is exerting every effort to expedite a decision. As regards the last part of the Question, my right hon. Friend does not at present contemplate any step towards the early resumption of direct relations between His Majesty's Government and the Government of Japan.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement on the future administration of the former Italian Colonies.

These territories have since their liberation been the administrative responsibility of the Secretary of State for War. In view of the large degree of civilianisation which has taken place, particularly in the administration of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania, it has been decided that it would be more logical that the administrative responsibility for these two territories should be transferred to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The future of the administrations in Eritrea and former Italian Somaliland is still under consideration.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that two British subjects, natives of Cyprus, Krene L. Pavlides, aged 19, a girl medical student, and her brother John L. Pavlides, aged 17, a high school student, have been arrested in Athens on a charge of sabotage; and whether he will obtain full information of the charge from the Greek Government and arrange for the accused to be properly represented.

My right hon. Friend was not previously aware of this arrest but a report on the facts has been requested from His Majesty's Ambassador at Athens. What further action can properly be taken will depend on the information received.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the provisions of the supplementary Protocol on Privileges and Immunities to the Convention for European Economic Co-operation concerning the exemption of the salaries and emoluments of employees of the Office of European Economic Cooperation from United Kingdom taxation are to be implemented in this country.

Article 14 (b) of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities provides that officials of the Organisation shall

"enjoy the same exemption from taxation in respect of salaries and emoluments paid to them as is enjoyed by officials of the principal international organisations and on the same conditions."

His Majesty's Government are anxious to make arrangements for implementation at the appropriate time of this provision of the Protocol which is of importance to those employees of the Secretariat who would otherwise be liable to United Kingdom taxation in respect of their salaries and emoluments.The House, will, however, be aware that on 25th July, 1946, during the Debate on the Diplomatic Privileges Extension Bill, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (then Minister of State) gave an undertaking that no Order in Council would be made under the Bill then under discussion giving privileges or immunities not provided for in the 1944 Act, in favour of any new international organisation unless that organisation had been brought into relationship with the United Nations.

asked the Minister of Health what proposals he is making to the Amersham Rural Council with a view to their taking over the ex-Army camp at Pipers Wood, Amersham, occupied by squatters.

The Rural District Council have been offered this camp on the same terms as those on which other local authorities have taken over camps in similar circumstances.

asked the Minister of Health which is the nearest Hearing Aid Centre to Stockton-on-Tees; and whether he will establish a centre on Tees-side.

The nearest hearing aid distribution centre to Stockton-on-Tees is the Sunderland Royal Infirmary. It is hoped to establish a hearing aid centre on Tees-side in due course.

asked the Minister of Health in what circumstances doctors treating patients under the Health Service are permitted to make a charge for medical certificates.

A doctor is required to issue to patients under the National Health Service free of charge any certificates reasonably required by them under or for the purposes of any enactment. A list, which is not necessarily comprehensive, of certificates which appear to fall into this category has been circulated to doctors. There is nothing to prevent a doctor making a charge for other certificates.

asked the Minister of Health what is the number of doctors and dentists in the area of the Durham Executive Council who have joined the National Health Service and the number still outside; and what is the percentage of the population who have registered under the Act.

I am making inquiries and will let my hon. Friend know the result.

asked the Minister of Health what has been the cost of advertising the diphtheria immunisation treatment each year since the start of the campaign in 1940.

The following is the information required:

Year	Press Advertisements	Posters
	£	£
1940–41	None	None
1941–42	None	None
1942–43	16,700	None
1943–44	26,500	2,700
1944–45	28,300	3,000
1945–46	25,800	23,200
1946–47	16,300	23,500
1947–48	16,300	24,500
1948–49 (part-estimated).	15,500	19,500

asked the Minister of Health on what date Ivy House, Kingsland, Shrewsbury, was de-requisitioned; on what date it will be handed back to its owner; and to what use it has been put since August, 1948.

These premises have not been de-requisitioned; they were held by the War Office until 25th December, 1948, when they were transferred to my right hon. Friend for use as a nurses' home for the Royal Salop Infirmary.

asked the Minister of Health in what circumstances air passengers who decline to be vaccinated are held in quarantine on arrival in London when travelling on the Accra-London, Teheran-London, Johannesburg-London, Sydney-London, Calcutta-London, Singapore-Southampton, Iwakuni-Southampton, Sydney-Southampton and Bahrein-Southampton routes.

I am informed that this power to isolate has not yet been used at London Airport.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the approximate number of officers and ratings, respectively, borne in shore establishments on 1st January, 1949.

The numbers of officers and ratings borne in shore establishments on 1st January last were approximately 8,000 and 66,000, respectively. These figures include officers and men on passage.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the numbers of officers and ratings, respectively, borne on the books of ships in full commission, seagoing ships employed on training duties, and ships in reserve on 1st January, 1949.

The approximate numbers of officers and ratings borne on 1st January last in the three classes of ships mentioned were as follow:

—		Ships in full commission	Seagoing Ships employed in training duties	Ships in Reserve
Officers	…	4,000	900	1,100
Ratings	…	40,500	8,600	10,400

These numbers do not include officers or ratings on passage.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of proceedings, convictions and charges proved for drunkenness in the Metropolitan Police district and/or the County of London and in the City of London, respectively, during the calendar year 1948; and the comparable figures for 1947.

The information for 1948 is not yet available; perhaps my hon. Friend will be good enough to put down another Question in about a month's time.