asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is now in a position to announce the membership of the Cumbernauld New Town Corporation.

Yes, I am glad to say that General Sir Gordon Macmillan, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., has agreed to serve as Chairman, and Mr. Alexander Gordon, C.I.E., as Deputy Chairman of the Corporation.The other members who have agreed to serve are:

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider the publication of a consolidated account indicating the grand totals of the combined revenue, expenditure, borrowing, and outstanding indebtedness of Her Majesty's Government and of all public corporations controlled by Her Majesty's Government.

My hon. and gallant Friend will find that most of this information is already provided in useful form in Tables 32 to 39 of the "National Income of Expenditure Blue Book."

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) the number of personnel employed by his Department on rabbit destruction in the United Kingdom during 1955, and their cost during that year;

The number of operators employed by county agricultural executive committees on pest destruction in England and Wales in 1955 was 358; about 4 per cent. of their time was spent on rabbits. In Gloucestershire, the numbers were, respectively, five operators and less than 1 per cent. The work was carried out for farmers on a repayment basis and was self-supporting.

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the cost of the Committee of Inquiry into the Electricity Supply Industry, excluding the cost of the printing and publishing of the report.

£539 8s. 10d., as indicated on page ii of the Report.

asked the Minister of Health what facilities exist in the Horsham area for the accommodation and care of the chronic sick; what number of beds are actually available, and what is the estimated call on those beds; what happens to those not provided for; and if he will take steps to make a grant to supplement private nursing fees, where beds are not available.

For the chronic sick there are available, seven beds at Horsham and 158 beds at other hospitals in the Redhill Group. Sixteen patients are awaiting admission to Horsham and in addition three patients are awaiting transfer from other hospitals to Horsham. The total waiting list in the Redhill Group is 110. Patients on waiting lists are either in private nursing homes or at their own homes and are cared for with the help of the local health authority's home nursing and home help services. I have no power to make a grant towards the cost of private nursing home fees.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many tests for alcohol in the urine were carried out in the combined police laboratories in 1955; in how many of these was the individual concerned charged with driving under the influence; and in how many of these last was it estimated that ·05 per cent. or more of alcohol was present in the blood.

The latest records are for 1954, when 1,020 tests were made, and 964 of the persons concerned were prosecuted for offences under Section 15 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930. As to the last part of the Question, I regret that there is no information readily available.

asked the Minister of Labour how many farm workers have been called up in each of the counties of Wales during the years 1953, 1954 and 1955; and in how many of these cases deferment bad been previously granted.

I regret that information on a county basis is not available. The total numbers of workers called up from agriculture in Wales in 1953, 1954 and 1955 were 189, 218 and 180 respectively, but without expenditure of a disproportionate amount of time it is not possible to say in how many cases deferment had previously been granted.

asked the Minister of Labour the total number of Service men who were registered as farm workers before call-up and who terminated their service during 1953, 1954 and 1956; and how many of these returned to work in agriculture.

The numbers of agricultural workers called up in 1951, 1952 and 1953 were 4,210, 8,224 and 6,208, respectively. Such of these men as did not extend their engagements would be released after two years' service, but it is not known how many returned to work in agriculture. Of 1,036 men, who answered a questionnaire sent in 1954 to men called up from farms in November, 1951, 692 had returned to agriculture at the end of their National Service and a further 29 a year later.

asked the Postmaster-General how many applications for telephones were outstanding in Lincoln on 31st December, 1955.

Eighty-four. In addition, 225 were in course of being met or under inquiry. 747 telephones were connected last year, compared with 601 in 1954.

asked the Postmaster-General when he expects the new Lincoln telephone exchange to be in full operation.

Towards the end of 1958.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will break down the total figure of the dollar area imports shown in Table 111 of the Monthly Digest of Statistics in respect of the years 1954 and 1955, so as to show the details of the main classes of goods imported.

A breakdown into commodity divisions of the imports from the dollar and other areas for the latest available month and for past periods is in Table 12 of the Report on Overseas Trade published monthly by the Stationery Office; figures for 1954 and 1955 will appear in the February issue.

asked the Secretary of State for War the total cost during 1955 of the destruction of rabbits in Wiltshire on land owned by his Department.

Seven thousand pounds.