asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is yet able to announce the names of the members of the committee which is to advise the Government on the industrial modernisation of the west of South Wales.

The following have accepted invitations to serve on the Committee which, as I have already announced, will be under the Chairmanship of my noble Friend, the Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department:

• Sir George Briggs—Director, Tube Investments Limited.
• Captain H. Leighton Davies, C.B.E.— Director, The Steel Company of Wales (Tinplate Division).
• Alderman Huw T. Edwards—Chairman, Council for Wales and Monmouthshire.
• Mr. Arthur H. Gale—Transport and General Workers' Union.
• Mr. J. S. Havard—National Union of General and Municipal Workers.
• Mr. E. H. Hickery—The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation.
• Mr. W. F. Martin Hurst—Managing Director, Teddington Controls Ltd.
• Mr. E. H. Lever—Chairman, The Steel Company of Wales.
• Mr. P. J. Owen—Transport and General Workers' Union.
• Sir Archibald Rowlands, G.C.B., M.B.E.— formerly Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Supply.
• Mr. R. B. Southall—General Manager, National Oil Refineries Ltd.
• Sir Percy Thomas, O.B.E.—Chairman, Welsh Board for Industry.
• Mr. A. E. Vincent—The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the need to maintain the flow to Brazil of spare parts for British engineering and transport equipment already there; and how far cover for the export of such spare parts to Brazil will be resumed under the Export Guarantees Act.

Yes. As my hon. Friend knows, export credits cover on short-term business with Brazil was withdrawn in May last year for reasons which have been fully explained. There is, however, a special case for facilitating the supply of spare parts for United Kingdom machinery and equipment which are already in use in Brazil and must be maintained in working order. The Export Credits Guarantee Department will therefore provide, as an exceptional measure, a special and strictly limited form of cover under Section 2 of the Export Guarantees Act, 1949, for the export to Brazil of spare parts necessary to maintain in working order machinery, apparatus and equipment of United Kingdom origin.Applications for such cover should be made in the usual way to the Exports Credits Guarantee Department, who will consult the appropriate Government Department as to which business can be regarded as essential for purposes of maintenance. This is, as I have said, an exceptional measure introduced to deal with a special problem. The general problem of our trade with Brazil is still being considered. Full information concerning the scheme will be available in the district and branch offices of the Export Credits Guarantee Department from Monday next. 23rd February.

asked the Minister of Agriculture what method of destroying animals affected with anthrax is employed by his officials.

Animals with anthrax are not required to be destroyed. Local authorities are responsible for the safe disposal of the carcases of animals which have died of anthrax, by burning, chemical treatment, or burying. in lime.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will arrange to have placed in the House of Commons Library a copy of the annex to the report of the Netherlands Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry, dated 1950, wherein allegations of neglect against Special Operations Executive and the British Secret Service are made.

I assume that the hon. Gentleman is referring to the document containing the statement made by the Foreign Office to Dr. Donker, and would refer him to my reply today, which deals with that statement.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will publish in HANSARD a copy of the statement made by his Department to Dr. Donker, Chairman of the Netherlands Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the conduct of clandestine operations in Holland, dated 14th December, 1949.

Since this statement is lengthy, I am placing a copy in the Library.

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air why he has not answered or acknowledged a letter from Mr. A. N. Hill, Secretary of the National Union of General Municipal Workers branch at Sywell Aerodrome, following decisions with regard to flying schools.

A letter signed "A. M. Hill, Acting Trade Union Steward" was received in the Air Ministry on 28th January, 1953. It was acknowledged on 31st January and a reply was sent on 18th February.