asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures showing the monthly rise and fall in the internal purchasing value of the £ sterling since October, 1951, until the latest convenient stated date; and what is the reason for

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to give the purchasing value of the £ sterling, after allowing for the depreciation as compared with 20s. in 1945, on the following dates, 30th September, 1946, 1st October, 1951, 2nd October, 1952, and 25th April, 1955; and at the latest convenient stated date.

The purchasing power of the £ sterling, taken as 20s. in 1945, is estimated at 20s. in September, 1946, 15s. 6d. in October, 1951, 14s. 6d. in October, 1952, 13s. 7d. in April, 1955, and 12s. 7d. in December, 1956, the latest available date. This is based on the Cost of Living and Retail Price Indices, in accordance with the reply given to the hon. Member on 6th February, 1957.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will introduce

The figures are given below.In reply to the second part of the Question, I have nothing to add to the reply given to the hon. Member by the Prime Minister when Chancellor on 30th October.the necessary legislation to enable Members of Parliament to be treated in the same way as Ministers by having their salaries full and complete, without having to meet from these salaries the costs incurred in carrying out their duties for the State.

On these matters my right hon. Friend has nothing to add to the statement of the late Prime Minister on 12th July last.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent the subsistence allowance of a Member of Parliament or a Minister, whilst away on duty, is related to the scale of civil servants; and whether it is paid on a flat scale or related to rank.

Members of Parliament travelling on Parliamentary duty, and all Ministers of whatever rank whilst away on duty, receive the subsistence allowance appropriate to civil servants of the rank of assistant secretary and above.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what instructions have been given to our representatives at the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation during the negotiations for our entry into a free trade area in regard to a lower gold content in European Payments Union settlements.

None.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will now state what steps are being taken for the establishment of a national centre for nuclear physics when the Atomic Energy Authority and the universities co-operate in research in nuclear physics.

Yes. After consultation between the University Grants Committee, the Atomic Energy Authority, and the Departments concerned, the Government have now decided to set up a National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science.The main object of the Institute will be to provide, for common use by universities and others, facilities and equipment which are beyond the scope of individual universities and institutions carrying out research in the nuclear field. It will not replace the research now being done in individual universities with assistance from Government funds; nor will it affect the Government's participation in the international scheme for common facilities

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to state the names, qualifications, and ages of the Three Advisers on security procedure.

The names of the Advisers and the reserve Adviser are Sir Alexander Little, Sir Frederick Leggett, Sir William Bowen and Sir Maurice Holmes.The rest of the Answer is as follows:

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what provision is made for compensation or pension for a civil servant and his dependants in the event of his injury or death whilst travelling on duty.

The Injury Warrant, 1952, framed under Section 41 of the Superannuation Act, 1949, provides a scheme of compensation for non-industrial civil servants injured or killed on duty. The arrangements are complicated and vary with the circumstances of the case.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the cost to the Revenue of exempting from Income Tax single men and widowers over 70 years of age and single women and widows over 65 years of age whose total income did not exceed £350 per annum.

About £5 million in a full year.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the cost to the revenue of exempting from Income Tax married couples of which the elder spouse was over 70 years old and whose total income did not exceed £450 per annum.

About £1 million in a full year.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take action to enhance the attractions of the Premium Bond scheme by offering a proportion of the prizes in dollars.

No. I do not believe that such action would be appropriate or effective.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to state the amount of good agricultural land which has been lost as a result of building development in the United Kingdom during the past five years for Which such figures are available.

Such information as is available relates only to Great Britain and was given in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Selly Oak (Mr. Gurden) on 5th November last to which I would refer my hon. Friend. The agricultural returns, however, do not disclose information about the quality of the land to which they relate.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is aware of the serious damage to the stocks of coarse fish caused by the sudden increase in pollution of the River Trent between Newark and Gainsborough; and what action he is taking in the matter.

There has been some increase in foaming at certain points arising from the use of synthetic detergents; but the Trent River Board, who have been carrying out regular chemical and biological examinations of this section of the river, have found no evidence that it has had any measurable affect on the fish stocks.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is aware of the dissatisfaction and sense of injustice felt by many people in north Lincolnshire over the drainage rate; and if he will make a statement on the correspondence sent to him from Immingham.

I am aware that there is some dissatisfaction about drainage rates in the North-East Lindsey drainage district. I have had no recent correspondence on this subject from the Immingham area, but I understand that the parish council have recently written to the Lincolnshire River Board, with whom the initiative rests for any alteration of the boundary of the drainage district.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to give further details concerning the estimates of the agricultural subsidies for the United Kingdom for the purpose of the Supplementary Estimates dated 5th February, 1957, with comparable figures for the preceding year.

Following are particulars of the latest estimates of the cost of agri-

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he has discussed with the River Boards' Association the question of the trapping of migratory fish by river boards; if he is aware of the anxiety of net fishermen operating in estuarial waters as to how far their livelihood will be affected by any regulations he may make in this connection; and if he will undertake to discuss this matter with representatives of the fishermen likely to be affected.

My officials met representatives of the River Boards' Association last summer at that body's request to discuss the powers of river boards in relation to the trapping of migratory fish; but no proposals to this end have yet been submitted to me. I am aware of the fishermen's anxiety and I can assure the hon. Member that if proposals should be made which would involve changes in public netting rights, the net fishermen will have full opportunity for stating their views.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he is aware that the amount of money from the Exchequer devoted to research and development for United Kingdom fisheries fell during the current financial year by £168,872 from the amount spent during the previous year; and whether, in view of the necessity for more research, he will take the necessary steps to ensure that adequate resources are available in the immediate future for further research and development in fisheries production.

The provision for 1955–56 was higher than that for the current financial year because of the inclusion of £242,000 for new research vessels and laboratory buildings against £57,000 this year. If these exceptional capital expenditures are excluded, the provision for 1956–57 shows an increase; and I am satisfied the amount is adequate to needs.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what action he is taking about the operation of the standard quantities for milk.

The Government intend to review in consultation with the farmers' unions the basis upon which any changes in the standard quantities should be made in future. They have therefore decided in consultation with the farmers' unions that in order to allow this question to be fully examined, there should be no significant change in the present figure for two years.

asked the Minister of Labour to give the numbers registered as unemployed at Norwich employment exchange at 30th January, 1956 and 30th January, 1957, respectively, of bricklayers, carpenters, painters, plumbers and building trades labourers, giving the figures for each trade separately.

Following is the reply:

asked the Minister of Labour what has been the percentage increase in the incomes of industrial workers during the last five years for which statistics are available; what has been the percentage increase in the cost of living during the same period; to what extent the former is responsible for the latter; and by what percentage the cost of living during that period would have risen had the incomes of industrial workers risen by the same percentage.

Statistics relating to total incomes of industrial workers are not available, but inquiries relating to average weekly earnings of manual wage earners in manufacturing industries generally and a number of the principal non-manufacturing industries showed a rise of 45 per cent. between April, 1951, and April, 1956. The Index of Retail Prices rose by 30 per cent. during this period. I am unable to say how much of this rise in prices could be attributed to the rise in earnings or what the average rise in prices would have been if the earnings of these manual workers had risen by only 30 per cent.

asked the Minister of Labour to state the total number of Eireann workers at present employed in England and Wales.

I regret that statistics giving the information desired are not available.

asked the Minister of Labour when an Eireann worker is registered at one of the employment exchanges, what inquiry is made as to whether he or she has a criminal record or has belonged to an illegal organisation.

None. Inquiries made of the worker by my local office are directed towards finding out his skill and experience in employment.

asked the Minister of Labour when his survey of the industrial health of the town of Halifax will be completed and the Report made available; and whether he will make an interim statement.

As stated in the reply to the hon. Member for Newton (Mr. Lee) on 30th October last, the survey has been completed and the Report is being given detailed consideration. I do not think it would help to make an interim statement. The Report contains considerable information which was collected on a confidential basis and this will affect the question of publication.

asked the Minister of Labour whether he has noted that senior medical members of the inspectorate are required from time to time to travel abroad to attend important conferences; and whether he will make certain that, in their absence, medical staff shall be available in order to answer urgent inquiries.

I am satisfied with the present arrangements in this respect.

asked the Minister of Labour if his attention has been drawn to the redundancy at the Blackburn Aircraft Factory in Dumbarton; and what steps he is taking to find alternative employment for those affected.

I understand that about 250 workers will be discharged shortly. As soon as it is known which workers are affected, the services of my local offices will be available to help them to find other employment.

asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware of the increasing unemployment in the engineering industry in the West of Scotland; and if he will make a statement on this situation.

I am aware that there has been some increase in unemployment, most of which is due to the completion of new vessels on the Clyde and is expected to be temporary. I understand that a number of redundancies are likely to occur shortly at two firms in the area, one making aircraft and the other motor vehicles.

asked the Minister of Labour to arrange for a special medical examination of Kenneth Gray, 13 Woodland Terrace, Senghenydd, who is in receipt of a 30s. disability pension as a result of service in the Royal Navy, and has now been placed in Grade I and called up for National Service in the Army.

Mr. Gray was placed in Grade I after examination by two consultants. In view of the conflict of medical opinion, I have decided that he will not be called up.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to place in the Library of the House of Commons the Report of the Departmental working party set up to examine the hackney carriage laws.

Yes, I have done so.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what instructions he has given to the Metropolitan Police concerning the control of working men's clubs which conduct gambling upon licensed premises with the game variously known as tombola, bingo, lotto or housey-housey.

None.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware of the concern caused by the frequent cases of death and injury resulting from the use of shotguns by young people; and if he will consider the introduction of legislation which will prohibit persons under 16 years of age from owning such weapons, or from using them unless accompanied by an adult who, himself, has a licence to use the same.

The existing law, which prohibits the purchase or hire of shotguns by persons under 17, but imposes no other restrictions on their possession or use, is based on the Report submitted in 1934 by a departmental committee. The committee considered that the imposition of further controls would be unlikely to reduce the number of accidents resulting from the use of shotguns. I have no evidence that the number of accidents from this cause has since increased, and as at present informed I know of no reason for departing from the policy recommended by the committee and approved by Parliament.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Anglo-Egyptian Resettlement Board will be authorised to make advances to British subjects in this country against the value of property owned by them but now sequestrated in Egypt.

Arrangements have been made by the Foreign Office to record information about British property in Egypt with a view to classifying any claims against the Egyptian Government. This is an essential first step for the pursuit, at the appropriate time, of British claims against the Government of Egypt. In the meantime it will be the responsibility of the Board to make payments to meet individual needs.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration he is giving to amending the Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Regulations, 1953, in view of the representations made to him by the Gateshead Borough Council.

The suggestion made by the Gateshead Borough Council is for an amendment of Section 1 of the Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act, 1952, not of the Regulations made under the Act, and I propose to communicate with the council on the matter.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education the number of teacher students at Bangor Normal College and Trinity College, Carmarthen, respectively, who are taking the complete course of training for teaching in Welsh; and whether satisfactory arrangements have been made for their ultimate employment.

32 at Bangor and 36 at Carmarthen, all in their first year. The

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education whether he is now able to make a statement on the Report of the Working Party which examined the educational implications in primary, secondary and further education of projected developments in the area of central Wales examined in the Report of the Welsh Agricultural Land Sub-Commission; and whether he will make a statement.

The recommendations of the Working Party were mainly concerned with improving liaison between Departments and with some broad educational issues which will need to be considered with the Report on Rural Education now being prepared by the Central Advisory Council for Education (Wales).

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education how many men and women teachers, respectively, were under training in recognised colleges on 1st January, 1957, 1st January, 1956, and 1st January, 1955.

The information is as follows:

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education if he is aware of the primitive and unsanitary conditions at Shareshill primary school, near Cannock, Staffordshire; and if he will state the cost of supplying the school with a septic tank.

Yes. The Staffordshire local education authority intends to improve the premises of this school as soon as it can obtain the necessary land. It hopes to install water-borne sanitation. The cost of a septic tank does not therefore arise.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education what arrangements have been made in the conditions and numbers of the award of State scholarships for academic year 1957–58.

The conditions and numbers of State scholarships for the academic year 1957–58 are unchanged except for the introduction of State studentships for advanced postgraduate study in arts subjects and for an increase in the number of technical State scholarships offered from 150 to 225. I am sending the hon. Member particulars of the State studentship scheme.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education when it is proposed to extend the period of training at teachers' training colleges from two to three years.

My noble Friend is not yet ready to make an announcement about this.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education the proportion of men teachers to women teachers in the primary schools in each of the five local education authorities in Lincolnshire.

In January, 1956, the percentage of men teachers in maintained primary schools (including all-age schools but excluding nursery and special schools) were as follows:

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education how many young people who have left school and have not yet reached the age of 17 years are receiving part-time day education and for what number of hours per year they are on the average receiving it.

The latest available figures, which are for 1954–55, show that about 156,000 students under the age of 17 were receiving part-time further education during the day. The average number of hours per student was about 146 per annum.

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Common-weath Relations whether he is satisfied that there is adequate consultation and co-operation between the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries with regard to the maintenance of their interests in Antarctica and of United Kingdom, Australian and New Zealand sovereignty over their respective Antarctic territories; and if he will make a statement.

Yes. As my predecessor told the hon. Member on the 9th February, 1956, we are in constant touch with other interested Commonwealth Governments over the whole field of our and their Antarctica interests. As was then explained, there have been additional consultations on the programme of the privately organised Commonwealth Trans-Antarctica Expedition.

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what information he has as to the numbers of university graduates, and persons with equivalent qualifications, who have emigrated in recent years, and as to what proportion these form of all emigrants of working age.

The following table shows the numbers of Commonwealth citizens with professional qualifications in relation to the number of persons of working age who have left the United Kingdom direct by sea to reside for more than one year in countries outside Europe in the years 1953–55 and the first half of 1956. Records are not kept of migrants travelling by air or leaving the United Kingdom initially by short sea routes.

asked the Minister of Health how many children have now been vaccinated against poliomyelitis since this method was put into effect; what report on the new batch of vaccine he has received from the Medical Research Council; and what reasons has it given in support of its views.

Approximately 178,000; the report on the first batch of vaccine expected this year stated that it had passed all tests for freedom from active poliomyelitis virus and for potency but that it failed to reach the required standards of purity; tests on a second batch are still in progress.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what difficulties there are in Jamaica in handing back the land from which bauxite has been mined to the original tenants after the land has been restored.

The companies are not permitted by law to mine land other than that which they own. They have a good record in allowing the previous owners to cultivate as tenants the land not yet required for mining and in a number of cases they have provided alternative land for small landowners. The question of what should be done with the land after it has been mined and restored has not yet arisen.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how much of the agricultural land in Jamaica, bought by the bauxite companies, is not being used for mining; and what proportion of such land is occupied by the former owners as tenants.

The Government of Jamaica inform me that no figures exist showing either the amount of cultivable agricultural land in the total of approximately 135,000 acres owned or held under option by the companies, or the number of former owners who now cultivate as tenants. No estimate of the amount of land actually mined is available but five mining leases covering a total of 12,670 acres have so far been granted to three companies.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what further steps he is taking to resolve the constitutional deadlock in Mauritius, following the proposed introduction of a system of proportional representation for the Legislative Council of that Colony.

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Essex, South-East (Mr. Braine) on 12th February.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why the Buganda Government has prevented Mr. Matayu Mugwanya from taking his seat in the Lukiko; by what authority this member was excluded; and whether Mr. E. M. K. Mulira has now been readmitted to the Lukiko.

Mr. Mugwanya was elected by the electoral college of the Saza of Mawokota in July, 1956, but he has not yet been appointed to the Lukiko in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Buganda Great Lukiko (Election of Representatives) Law, 1953. Following a secret meeting of the Lukiko early in December, it became known that the Lukiko had voted against his appointment allegedly on the ground that he had become a member of the Transport Advisory Council of the East Africa High Commission, to which he had been appointed in October, 1956. Mr. Mugwanya has applied to the High Court for a writ of mandamus requiring the Katikiro to submit his name to the Kabaka for appointment to the Lukiko and his case is down for hearing on the 14th February. Mr. Mulira has not been readmitted to the Lukiko.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many slaves in the Aden Protectorates had applied to representatives of Her Majesty's Government for manumission certificates in each year since 1945, respectively; how many have been granted; and how many have been refused.

I have been asked to reply. I am consulting the Governor and will circulate the information in the OFFICIAL REPORT as soon as I have received his reply.

asked the Minister of Supply (1) to what extent Her Majesty's Government are planning to obtain the maximum amount of information from the first thermo-nuclear explosion, with a view to limiting the series of tests to one only;(2) how many nuclear and thermonuclear explosions are planned during the spring series of tests.

It is of course the intention to obtain the maximum amount of information from every nuclear test explosion. It would not be in the public interest to disclose the number of explosions planned in the series.

asked the Paymaster-General if he is aware of the effect on the lawn-mower industry, whose exports are some £1,600,000 per annum, caused by the decision to restrict the allocation of petrol for motor lawn-mowers used for domestic purposes to the months April to September; and if he will put domestic users on the same footing as clubs and institutions for allocation purposes.

Regional petroleum officers have now been instructed to issue allowances to domestic users for mowing their lawns as soon as they care to apply. I hope that this will mitigate the effect on the lawn-mower industry referred to by my hon. Friend.

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance to give, for the latest convenient date, the number of persons in the Borough of Lewisham who are in receipt of National Assistance benefit; and how this compares with a similar date in 1951.

At 22nd January, 1957, 7,283 weekly National Assistance allowances were current for persons living in the Borough of Lewisham compared with 6,550 at 30th January, 1951.

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many persons in the Borough of Lewisham are in receipt of a National Assistance grant to cover the cost, either wholly or in part, of their rent; the last annual total cost to the Department for these grants in the Borough of Lewisham; and by how much he estimates this cost will rise on the implementation of the Rent Bill.

The National Assistance Board informs me that this information is not available.

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will give, for the latest convenient stated date, the number of persons who are receiving a National Assistance grant towards the payment of their rent; the total annual cost of these grants; and by how much he estimates this annual charge will rise when the Rent Bill is fully effective.

My right hon. Friend is informed by the National Assistance Board that the latest information at present available relating to the first part of the Question is based on a sample taken in November, 1955, which showed that a sum in respect of outgoings for rent was being allowed in the assessment in nearly 1.100,000 cases in which weekly Assistance grants were being paid. The cost cannot be calculated as the grant paid after taking all the needs and the resources of the applicant into account is often less than the outgoing for rent; nor is it possible to make any reliable estimate of the figure asked for in the last part of the Question.

asked the Postmaster-General if he will make a statement regarding the future enlargement of the telephone exchange at Rugby.

I am sorry that it has been necessary to postpone the start of the extension of the exchange building until next year. Fortunately, however, it has been found possible to put more equipment into the existing building and this work is now in hand.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what action he proposes to take in view of the complaints that the recommendation of the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission in the Report on the supply of imported timber has not been complied with by the parties concerned.

In its Report, the Commission included a recommendation that the agreements and undertakings by traders on the approved lists to deal only with each other should be abrogated and should not be replaced by any other arrangements or undertakings having similar effects. My right hon. Friend is about to make a reference under Section 12 of the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices (Inquiry and Control) Act, 1948, to ask the Monopolies Commission to investigate and report whether and to what extent the parties have complied with this recommendation.

asked the President of the Board of Trade when the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission's Report on the supply of electronic valves and cathode ray tubes will be published; and if he will make a statement about its contents.

The Report was published today. The supply of electronic valves and cathode ray tubes was referred to the Commission on 4th December, 1954, for investigation and report on the facts and their bearing on the public interest. Following the passing of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1956, the reference was varied on 30th August, 1956, to require the Commission to submit a factual Report only. Accordingly, the Report contains a description of the industry's arrangements, but the Commission has expressed no opinion of its relation to the public interest. The arrangements described are those operated until 31st August, 1956, and have been superseded by new arrangements which came into effect on 1st September, 1956.The Commission finds that the conditions to which the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices (Inquiry and Control) Act, 1948, applies prevail, because members of the British Radio Valve Manufacturers' Association (B.V.A.) accounted in 1954 for 93·5 per cent. of the total United Kingdom supply of valves and 92 per cent. of the supply of tubes and have conducted their affairs so as to restrict competition. Furthermore, Mullard Ltd. was responsible for 67 per cent. of the supply of valves and 51 per cent. of the supply of tubes.Broadly, the scope of the B.V.A. covers all valves and tubes except (i) Government orders and (ii) most special valves which have little or no sale in the domestic market or through wholesale and retail channels, such as high power transmitters, magnetrons, klystrons, photo-electric cells and cold cathode tubes.At the time when the Commission's Report was drafted the members of the B.V.A. restricted competition in a number of ways including the following:

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation which organisations have submitted evidence to the Bowes Committee inquiring into the future of inland waterways; and when the Committee expects to have all the evidence required from organisations and individuals.

The following bodies have provided written evidence:

• (a) Association of County Councils in Scotland.
• (a) Association of Drainage Authorities.
• (a) Association of Master Lightermen and Barge Owners.
• (b) Association of Municipal Corporations.
• Bathavon Rural District Council.
• Brigham Sailing Club.
• British Travel and Holidays Association.
• (a) British Waterworks Association.
• (a) Burgh of Coatbridge.
• (a) Burgh of Falkirk.
• (a) Central Electricity Authority.
• Chelmsford Boating Club.
• (a) Clyde Yacht Clubs' Conference.
• Council for the Preservation of Rural England.
• Council of Scottish Chambers of Commerce.
• (b) Country Landowners' Association.
• (b) County Councils Association.
• Coventry City Council.
• Edinburgh Corporation.
• (a) Federation of British Industries.
• (a) Federation of British Industries—Scotland.
• (a) Firth of Forth Fishermen's Association.
• (a) Gas Council.
• George Heriot's School, Edinburgh.
• (a) Glasgow and Clyde Ship Owners' Association.
• (a) Glasgow Corporation.
• (a) Herring Industry Board.
• (a) Highlands and Islands Advisory Panel.
• (b) Inland Waterways Association.
• (b) Kennet and Avon Canal Association.
• Land Agents Society.
• London County Council.
• Montgomeryshire Field Society.
• (b) National Association of Inland Waterway Carriers.
• (a) National Association of Parish Councils.
• (a) National Association of Pleasure Craft Operators on Inland Waterways.
• (b) National Coal Board.
• National Farmers' Union.
• National Farmers' Union of Scotland.
• (a) National Federation of Anglers.
• National Joint Council (Employees).
• National Joint Council (Employers).
• National Parks Commission.
• (a) National Union of Manufacturers.
• (b) Nature Conservancy.
• Nature Conservancy (Wales).
• (a) North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board.
• (b) Oxford Canal Association.
• Pedestrians' Association for Road Safety.
• Ramblers' Association.
• Regional Boards for Industry:
• East and West Ridings.
• Eastern.
• North Midland.
• Southern.
• South Western.
• Welsh.
• (a) Scottish.
• (a) River Boards' Association.
• (a) Rural District Councils Association.
• Royal Yachting Association.
• (a) Scottish Amateur Rowing Association.
• (a) Scottish Council (Development and Industry).
• Scottish Gas Board.
• (a) Scottish Landowners' Federation.
• (a) Scottish Tourist Board.
• Sinfin Moor Drainage Authority.
• South of Scotland Electricity Board.
• Surrey Amenity Council.
• (a) Traders' Co-ordinating Committee on Transport.
• (a) Urban District Councils Association.
• (a) White Fish Authority.
• (a) Wiltshire County Council.