asked the Minister of Education how many children in England and Wales were, at the last date for which statistics are available, awaiting specialist orthodontic treatment under the Schools Dental Service; the approximate proportion of these needing treatment for functional defects; and to what extent the waiting lists have increased in recent years.

I regret that this information is not available.

asked the Minister of Education how many orthodontic specialists are available, full or part-time, for the treatment of children in England and Wales under the Schools Dental Service; and to what extent the number has declined in recent years.

There were the equivalent of 17 full-time officers, employed exclusively on orthodontic treatment, in the School Health Service on 30th June, 1954, the latest date for which information is available. This is an increase of the equivalent of four full-time officers in the last two years. The majority of school dental officers undertake some orthodontic treatment.

asked the Minister of Education when the Report on early leaving from grammar schools will be published.

I hope at the end of this month.

asked the Minister of Education what his policy will be in the coming reorganisation towards those local authorities who desire to build comprehensive schools.

I will consider proposals to build comprehensive schools on their merits.

asked the Minister of Education if he will revise the scale of allowance paid to intending teachers in training colleges.

I have nothing to add at present to the answer which I gave on 21st October to the hon. Member for Eton and Slough (Mr. Brockway).

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether he will initiate discussions with the Government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland on the subject of immigration from the United Kingdom into these Territories.

There is no aspect of immigration from the United Kingdom which the United Kingdom Government desire to discuss with the Federal Government at the present time. If they have any matter which they wish to discuss with us, they would no doubt raise it.

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he will give an assurance that Her Majesty's Government maintains the policy of no transference of the High Commission Territories to the South African Union, and of the retention of the present educational system in these Territories.

In reply to the first part of the Question, I would refer the hon. Member to statements made on 13th April by the Prime Minister in this House, and also by my noble Friend in another place. In regard to the second part, no change is contemplated in the educational system of the High Commission Territories.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is yet able to give an indication of the progress of the negotiations at Geneva for the revision of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and, in particular, if agreement has been reached concerning the request for permission to take special measures to forward the development of production in Colonial Territories, which are vitally dependent on the United Kingdom as their customer; and whether Her Majesty's Government is seeking permission to take immediate action when necessary without previous consultation with the other contracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

No. I should prefer to say nothing at this stage.

asked the President of The Board of Trade what steps are being taken to keep in existence some form of central machinery for the clothing industry, in view of the dissolution of the Joint Clothing Council.

This is a question for the clothing industry itself.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many Scotsmen, representing Scottish industry, are included in the forthcoming official trade Mission to Egypt, the Sudan, and Ethiopia.

The Mission has been chosen to be generally representative of United Kingdom industry as a whole. Scottish industry as such is not separately represented, but its interests will certainly be covered. It would not be practicable to organise trade missions on a geographical as well as a trade basis without making them unwieldy in size.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to ensure early payment of debts due to British suppliers of goods and commodities to Turkey to whom payments have not been made by Turkish nationals who have been prevented from making such payments by the action of the Turkish Government.

Her Majesty's Government are at present negotiating with the Turkish Government on this matter. Following discussions which took place in London last month between United Kingdom and Turkish officials, I hope that it may soon be possible to arrive at an agreed arrangement for discharging these arrears.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will issue an explanatory note on Article 2 of the Strategic Goods (Control) Order, 1954, specifying in what types of cases there is reasonable cause to believe at present that strategic goods exported from the United Kingdom are being re-exported to the countries named in the Second Schedule of the Order.

No.

asked the President of the Board of Trade to what extent, and in what respects, the Strategic Goods (Control) Order, 1954, laid on 9th December, relaxes or tightens existing controls on trade with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and China.

To the extent that transaction control is introduced in addition to the existing controls, but without adding to the number of goods controlled.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the Chinese Government have available for export first quality newsprint for sterling; and whether, as this would save much-needed dollars, he will investigate the possibility of importing this commodity from China.

This is a question for the Newsprint Supply Company.

asked the President of the Board of Trade the increase in the volume of international trade of the free world since 1951; and the percentage increase of that trade in the exports of the United Kingdom.

Excluding United States non-commercial exports, 6 per cent. and 1 per cent.

asked the President of the Board of Trade to recommend to official trade delegations from the United Kingdom to other countries that they should as far as possible when travelling by air, use British airlines, or lines operated by the country to be visited and not airlines of a third country.

British airlines are of a quality and provide a standard of service so high that they need no special recommendation from me.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the anxiety among English growers of apples about the imports from North America recently announced, particularly during the month of December, when our own apples are on the market, wince these imported apples all come to one place and all about the same time and ruin the market in that area; and what action he proposes to remedy this situation.

As I told my hon. Friend on 18th November last, I do not expect that the relatively small quantities of North American apples which will be imported in December will affect adversely the market for home-grown apples.

asked the Prime Minister (1) whether he will invite to London Mr. Malenkov, M. Mendès-France, and President Eisenhower, with a view to discussing present international difficulties before the step of German re-armament is taken;(2) what the policy of Her Majesty's Government is with regard to a four-Power conference; what are the conditions and terms upon which Her Majesty's Government would be prepared to enter into high level talks of this nature; and whether he will submit to M. Mendès-France, President Eisenhower, and Mr. Malenkov, definite proposals and conditions for the calling of a four-Power Conference at the highest level.

The policy of Her Majesty's Government is to seek a four-Power Conference at a time when it seems likely to yield genuine results. We do not believe that this end would be served by holding such a Conference before the ratification of the London and Paris Agreements. The basic conditions were set out in Her Majesty's Government's Note to the Soviet Government of 29th November. I have nothing to add at the present to what is the declared policy of the Government.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to give an estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of ceasing to levy a Stamp Duty on the purchases of houses at less than £3,000; and whether he will consider this move to help would-be purchasers to buy their own houses in place of waiting for a house subsidised by the Exchequer.

I estimate that the cost would be £6 million a year. In reply to the second part of the Question, my hon. Friend will not expect me to anticipate my right hon. Friend's Budget statement.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the international discussions, with a view to setting up an International Finance Corporation, have now taken place; and whether he will make a statement.

The General Assembly of the United Nations passed, on 11th December, a Resolution taking note of the United States statement and declarations of other countries in support of an International Finance Corporation, and requesting the International Bank to prepare draft statutes to govern it and to present the draft to Governments for discussion.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much he estimates the financial contribution of the United Kingdom would be to the proposed International Finance Corporation affiliated to the International Bank of the United Nations organisation.

About £5 million.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what saving in Government expenditure has been effected by granting an increase of 1¼d. an hour to Government office cleaners instead of 1½d. originally requested by the Civil Service Union.

Approximately £28,000 a year.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) the average weekly earnings of men in employment in October, 1951; and, assuming the average man to be married and in receipt of a family allowance for one of his two children, what his net weekly income would have been after deducting Income Tax at the rate then ruling;(2) the average weekly earnings of men in employment in October, 1954; and, assuming the average man to be married and in receipt of a family allowance in respect of one of his two children, what his net weekly income would have been after deducting Income Tax at the rate then ruling.

The average weekly earnings of adult male workers in manufacturing and certain other industries were £8 6s. in October, 1951, and £9 17s. 8d. in April, 1954, the latest date for which figures are at present available. For a married man with two children the corresponding net weekly incomes, including family allowance and after deduction of Income Tax, would have been £8 10s. and £10 4s. 4d. respectively.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the revenue obtained by his Department from the duty on football pools during 1951, 1952, and 1953, and to the latest date in 1954.

The figures are as follows:

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the estimated national weekly wage bill in October, 1951, and October, 1954, respectively.

I regret that no information is available about the national wage bill in individual months.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what approaches he has received from the British Radio Valve Manufacturers' Association on the question of Purchase Tax on television cathode-ray tubes; the nature of the submissions made to him, his reply; and whether he will make a statement.

On 9th December my right hon. Friend received a letter from the Association asking that the tax be removed from cathode-ray tubes, and that he should discuss the matter with their representatives. I am arranging to do so on his behalf.

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will take steps to increase the upper limit on statutory interest policies from £20 to £30.

This limit on the amount for which a child may insure its parent or grandparent was fixed by the Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act, 1948. I am not satisfied that there is a case for amending legislation.

asked the Minister of Agriculture the total acreage recovered for agriculture from The Wash since 1914; whether he will place a map in the Library showing the various reclamation schemes carried out with relevant dates; and what schemes are in progress at the moment.

Some 6,300 acres have been reclaimed from The Wash since 1914, and a scheme for the reclamation of 1,100 acres is in progress. I have arranged for a map to be placed in the library.

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will make special arrangements to see that those people who do not wish to have their land compulsorily acquired at Peace-haven can continue under the present arrangements until the period of requisition expires.

In view of the decision to complete the purchase of this land, I do not consider that it would be of advantage to anyone to delay the proceedings in this way.

asked the Minister of Agriculture if agreement has now been reached on proposals for an egg marketing scheme to be submitted to Parliament and the producers.

I am pressing on with discussions with the National Farmers' Unions with a view to finding a scheme which might be promoted and also appropriate financial arrangements.

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of the damage to farms and farm buildings on the Pembrokeshire coast caused by the recent gale; and what steps he is taking to ensure that food production is not impaired.

Yes. I sympathise with those who have suffered damage, but I have no Departmental funds from which I could give special assistance towards the cost of necessary repairs.

asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is satisfied that the present stocks of hay and winter fodder are sufficient to feed our present numbers of cattle and sheep through the winter.

Over the country as a whole supplies of hay and winter fodder appear to be adequate, but I am well aware that on individual farms unfortunately the hay crop has been wholly or partially lost.

asked the Minister of Agriculture how many permits to pay less than the statutory minimum wage under the Agricultural Wages Act were in operation on the latest convenient date; and what proportion of these were granted because of advanced age.

Four thousand three hundred and thirty-five permits of exemption were in force on 30th September, 1954. Of these 1,140 were granted on grounds of infirmity due to old age.

asked the Minister of Agriculture his proposals for the progeny testing of pigs.

With the co-operation of pig producers, I hope to introduce a scheme for about five progeny-testing stations controlled by an independent authority comprising representatives of breeders, commercial producers and other interests. Details are under discussion with the producers' organisations.

asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is satisfied that the fat stock market prices supplied by his Department for broadcasting by the British Broadcasting Corporation each morning at 6.50 are fully representative; and if, in view of the value of this information to farmers, he will review the scope of these reports when the service is resumed after the Christmas period.

I am informed that the British Broadcasting Corporation have decided to discontinue at the end of this week the special bulletins on fat stock market prices which I believe have been appreciated by farmers in the early days of free marketing.

asked the Minister of Agriculture the reasons for the delay in providing the flood defences required in the Hythe area of Colchester; and what action he proposes to take.

Having regard to the exceptional commitments of the Essex River Board following the East Coast floods in 1953, I cannot accept that there has been undue delay on its part in dealing with the protection of the Hythe area.

asked the Minister of Agriculture the number on the last date for which figures are available, of loans approved by his Department from the Revolving Loan Fund for Agriculture for grain-drying equipment and field machinery; and what was the total amount of these loans.

In England and Wales up to 1st December, 1954, 94 loans amounting to £86,360 have been approved for grain-drying equipment and 54 hire-purchase agreements amounting to £23,816 for field machinery.

asked the Minister of Agriculture to take steps now to repeal Section 84 of the Agriculture Act, 1947, in view of the fact that it is not intended to refer any more land to the Agricultural Land Commission under this Section.

Legislation for this purpose is not in prospect.

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that, due to abnormal weather conditions, many farmers in Merionethshire have failed to harvest their hay and corn crops; that they have great difficulty in getting fodder for the coming winter months; and whether he is prepared to offer assistance under the Hill Farming Acts.

I am aware of the situation to which the hon. Member refers; and to help with this, have arranged that the subsidies for hill cattle, part of which is normally required to be spent on improvements, may this year be spent entirely on winter keep. On the failure to harvest corn crops, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I have given today, as Minister of Food, to my hon. Friend the Member for Maidstone (Sir A. Bossom).

asked the Minister of Agriculture to encourage the follow-up operations in the wake of myxomatosis by providing cheap cartridges for the destruction of rabbits, and cheap gassing powders.

Shooting is only one way of destroying the few rabbits that survive outbreaks of myxomatosis, and I do not consider that the cost of cartridges should be an obstacle to their use for this purpose. Rabbit gassing powders are already subsidised.

asked the Minister of Agriculture to give the number of land commissioners and committee land agents who are employed in Wales; how many have a knowledge of the Welsh language; and which counties are covered by Welsh-speaking officers.

There are seven land commissioners and 13 committee land agents employed in Wales. Of these three land commissioners and six committee land agents have a knowledge of the Welsh language.In the counties of Anglesey, Cardigan, Caernarvon, Denbigh and Merioneth the committee land agents are all Welsh-speaking. Of the remaining counties, Brecon, Carmarthen, Montgomery and Pembroke have officers on the land agents' staff with knowledge of Welsh.

asked the Minister of Agriculture what progress has been made by the White Fish Authority in its costings investigations designed to show what is happening to prices and profits, with particular reference to prices realised at the ports and those charged in retail shops.

The White Fish Authority has so far carried out costings investigations covering inshore fishing and coastal and inland wholesaling. Summaries of the results have been published in the Authority's Second and Third Annual Reports, copies of which I am sending the hon. Member. The Authority also has in hand a costings investigation covering distant-water fishing.

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of the decline in the number of ships fishing from the port of Milford Haven; and what steps he is taking to safeguard the future of the fishing industry operating from that port.

Yes; and I hope that the trawler-owners there will take advantage of the grants and loans available to help them rebuild their fleet. They are receiving the white fish subsidy paid to all near and middle-water vessels, and should increasingly benefit from the new mesh Regulations introduced to conserve fish stocks.

asked the Minister of Labour by how much per cent. the cost of living rose between October, 1951, and October, 1954.

The Interim Index of Retail Prices rose by just under 12 per cent. between October, 1951, and October, 1954.

asked the Minister of Labour the total of new jobs provided in Durham County during the years 1945 to 1954.

At the end of August, 1954, the latest date for which figures are available, new firms established in County Durham since the war, after receiving approval of their location from the Board of Trade, were employing 32,450 workers, including 13,420 males and 19,030 females. The total of new jobs provided by the expansion of firms established in the county before 1945, or by new firms which did not require approval of location, cannot be accurately assessed, but is known to be very considerable.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a summary of the proposals sent him by the Lloyd Committee and indicate what steps he is taking to implement them or explain why he finds it necessary to reject them.

It will not be possible to publish any summary of the Committee's reports, which are confidential documents based on confidential information. The Committee's work and its recommendations were concerned with the long-term prospects of west South Wales. In considering what action can be taken the Government will be greatly assisted by the Committee's reports, and will announce any particular decisions they may take as a result of the Committee's recommendations, as they have already done about road communications.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to take further steps to implement the recommendations of the Gowers Committee Report on the health and welfare of non-industrial workers and the hours of work of juveniles.

I would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave on 18th November to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Park (Mr. Mulley). The law on the hours of employment of juveniles in mines and quarries was amended by the Mines and Quarries Act, 1954. The Government do not at present contemplate legislation for other places of employment.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of the public disquiet in Manchester about the number of prisoners who have eluded custody at Strangeways Prison, Manchester; and whether he is satisfied that the prison staff is adequate in number, and suitably employed, to ensure maximum security.

I have told the House that I fully appreciate and share the public concern in this matter. An adequate complement of officers is authorised for this prison, and security is the primary consideration in their deployment. Although at the time of the escape the staff was short of its full complement, I am satisfied that this had no relevance to the circumstances of the escapes.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many laboratories are at present included under the registration of medical and scientific departments in the University of Oxford in which experiments on living animals are carried out, together with the name and address of each.

Seventeen. Their names and addresses are as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether his attention has been drawn to the comments of the judge at the West Riding Assizes in Leeds on Tuesday, 7th December, about the undesirability of showing a film about a mutiny to inmates of a Borstal institution; and whether he will advise the Prison Commissioners to exercise more care in their selection of films;(2) on how many occasions have films depicting successful arson been shown at Borstal institutions; and how many times the inmates have subsequently attempted to set fire to the Borstal buildings.

I have seen a report of the remarks of the Assize Judge on the fact that the showing in a Borstal institution of an adventure film called "Two Years before the Mast" was followed immediately by a case of arson at the institution. There is no record of any previous sequence of that kind and the detailed information asked for is not available. I am satisfied that the Prison Commissioners and the authorities of Borstal institutions are alive to their responsibilities in matters of this kind.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can yet make a statement in respect of the case of Mr. E. P. Dimmick, 28, Woodlands Park, Bexley, who has only been able to recover £5 5s. costs against the Metropolitan Police when the expenses of his defence amounted to £17 16s. in a case in which the evidence shows that the prosecution ought never to have been made; and, under the circumstances, if he will arrange for reimbursement of the balance of expenses incurred.

I have not yet completed my inquiries. I will communicate with the hon. Member as soon as I am in a position to do so.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to receive the report of the working party set up five-and-a-half years ago to examine the hackney-carriage laws.

I understand that the Working Party, which made interim Reports in 1950 and 1953, will submit a final report very shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how far the legislation he proposes to introduce to deal with the subject of horror comics will replace or amend the existing law relating to obscene libel.

I am considering the possibility of legislation, but the detailed provisions to be included in any legislation which it may be decided to introduce are under consideration, and I am, not at present able to make any further statement.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is yet in a position to make a further statement in regard to his proposed action on horror comics.

I have at present nothing to add to the answer which I gave to Questions on this subject on 9th December.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when it is proposed to introduce the necessary legislation for the ratification of the Geneva Convention of 1949.

I cannot say when it will be possible to introduce legislation for this purpose.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in accordance with his undertaking in the debate on Welsh affairs in the last Session, he will now announce the date when a deputation representing all local government bodies and others interested in South Wales, the Midlands and the West of England, can be received by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, and himself, to consider arrangements for the erection of a new bridge over the Severn.

I hope that it will suit the convenience of all concerned that the meeting should take place early in the New Year.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will speedily introduce legislation giving our Government control over the immigration to this overcrowded island of aliens, and citizens of British Dominions and Dependencies, of whom the latter can now enter regardless of their health record, means of subsistence, character record, habits, culture, education, need for them economically or otherwise, or of the wishes of the British people.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will introduce legislation giving his Department control over all immigrants coming into this country from any British Dominion, Colony or Dependency, such legislation to have regard to health, education, age, character, and general suitability for residence.

There are adequate powers under existing law to control the immigration of aliens. The Government are considering whether the law in respect of British subjects should be amended but am not yet able to make a statement.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken to develop the tourist industry of the British West Indies.

All Governments in the area are encouraging the tourist industry. Steps being taken include publicity (with Government assistance) and legislation providing aid for hotel owners through tax reliefs and Customs concessions. Communications, land, sea, and air, are being constantly improved. Most Territories now have Tourist Development Boards, assisted by public funds, and in many new hotels are under construction or are planned.Entry formalities for tourists are reduced to a minimum. It is hoped that the improvement in shipping services in the Caribbean in 1955 will also stimulate tourist traffic, especially to the smaller islands.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken by the Government of the Federation of Malaya to recruit officers for the Co-operative Department, in view

I am consulting the High Commissioner and will write to the hon. Member when I have his reply.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Africans have been executed in Kenya during each month since the beginning of the emergency; and what offences they had committed.

The following are the available statistics:

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to make a statement showing what the population of each British Dependency and mandated Territory was in or about 1920 and in or about 1954, or at the latest date avail-

Following is the information requested in the first part of the Question. The figures given for the later years are generally more accurate than those for the earlier years.

asked the Minister of Food if he is satisfied that the potato stocks will meet the requirements of the markets until the new crop is ready for lifting.

That is the present estimate; but as a small part of the crop is still in waterlogged ground and the keeping quality of some other stocks is doubtful, the possibility of some temporary and local shortages towards the end of the season cannot be excluded.

asked the Minister of Food if he is aware of the case of a butcher in the Newcastle district who was fined £50 for selling tubercular meat for human consumption knowing it had been marked for consignment to a glue factory; and if he will consider amending the law so that people selling meat knowing it is diseased and unfit for human consumption, will be imprisoned without the option of a fine.

My right hon. Friend is aware of this case. The Food and Drugs (Amendment) Act will provide for a maximum fine of £100—double the present maximum—or three months' imprisonment, or both. As the former Home Secretary said in a reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Woolwich, West (Mr. Steward), on 15th July:

"A provision for minimum penalties would be alien from the traditions of our law. It is for the court, in its discretion, to decide the appropriate penalty having regard to the circumstances of the offence and of the offender in each individual case."—[OFFICIAL REPORT, 15th July, 1954; Vol. 530. c. 60.]

asked the Minister of Food how many acres he estimates of barley, oats and mixed corn are still unharvested, and whether, to remove doubt, he will make it clear that an extension of time beyond the 10 days at present stipulated will be allowed for completing the declaration under the deficiency payments scheme.

It is not practicable to provide an estimate of the acreage of grain still unharvested. The answer to the second part of the Question is "Yes." Growers who have not yet harvested their crops of barley, oats and mixed corn should send in their declarations as soon as they are in a position to do so.If all or any part of the acreage claimed by a grower cannot be harvested as grain, he should complete and return the declaration as soon as possible with an explanation why the areas specified therein were not so harvested. Such acreages will be eligible for any deficiency payments that may become payable if the Ministry is satisfied that the failure to harvest the grain was not due to bad husbandry or negligence by the grower.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what instructions he has issued to his regional officers with regard to the number of houses which local authorities are to be allowed to build during the coming year; and by what percentage these are to be cut in the North-Western Region and in England and Wales, respectively.

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which my right hon. Friend gave on 14th December to the hon. Member for Rugby (Mr. J. Johnson), and other hon. Members.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government, in view of the speed of new house building, what encouragement has been given by his Department, in the interests of the preservation of agricultural land, to housing authorities to consider the desirability of building blocks of flats.

I am sending my hon. Friend copies of two circulars and enclosures which have been sent to local authorities.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will give the number of separate premises which are regarded as houses in service camps in each of the counties of Wales.

At 30th September, 1954, there were 90 camps held under requisition in Wales, comprising 834 housing units.

asked the Secretary of State for War if he will take further security measures to prevent a repetition of the theft of arms and ammunition, which occurred on 9th December, 1954, from the 16th Battalion Home Guard Headquarters, Liverpool what information he has that the theft was part of a wider plan and if he will make a statement.

The security measures are constantly checked and improved where necessary. They can never be completely watertight, but I think that they are generally effective. This is borne out by the success of certain of the measures in that the two rifles, which alone of the five weapons taken have not been recovered, are without the rifle bolts and no ammunition was stolen. There is no evidence that this theft was part of a wider plan.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, what representation from the technical colleges of England and Wales there is upon the Advisory Council on Scientific Policy.

The independent members of the Advisory Council on Scientific Policy serve in their individual capacities and not as the representatives of particular bodies or interests.