asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what are now the rates of Income Tax in operation in Uganda, Kenya and Tanganyika compared with the rates for similar incomes in this country.

There has been no change in the rates of Income Tax levied in East Africa since my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary answered a similar Question from the hon. Member on 22nd January.The equivalent rates in the United Kingdom are as follows:

Income Tax
On chargeable income	Rate of tax on each £ of chargeable income
First £60	2s. 3d.
Next £150	4s. 9d.
Next £150	6s. 9d.
Remainder	8s. 6d.

Corporate bodies pay Income Tax at the standard rate, that is 8s. 6d. in the £. They are also subject to Profits Tax which is not levied in East Africa.

Surtax (payable in addition to Income Tax)
Chargeable income	Rate of Surtax (see Note (2))
First £500 over the surtax limit (see Note (1))	2s. 0d. in the £
Next £500	2s. 6d. „ „
„ £1,000	3s. 6d. „ „
„ £1,000	4s. 6d. „ „
„ £1,000	5s. 6d. „ „
„ £2,000	6s. 6d. „ „
„ £2,000	7s. 6d. „ „
„ £2,000	8s. 6d. „ „
„ £3,000	9s. 6d. „ „
Remainder	10s. 0d. „ „

It is proposed in the current Finance Bill that Note (1) Surtax shall be payable on incomes in excess of £2,000 in respect of single persons. It will start at higher incomes in respect of taxpayers who are entitled to personal allowances above the single allowance.Note (2) the rates apply only to the successive slices of total income. Thus, where the total income is £3,000, the surtax is 2s. in the £ on the slice between £2,000 and £2,500 and 2s. 6d. in the £ on the slice between £2,500 and £3,000—a total liability of £112 10s. 0d.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what experiments are being carried out under the auspices of his Department to ascertain if the spraying of sheep could be made as effective as dipping.

A good deal of work has been done on this matter both in this country and overseas and the conditions necessary for the spraying of sheep to be as effective as dipping are known. In these circumstances, my right hon. Friend does not think that any further experiments by his Department are required.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a simple and understandable account of the financial arrangements which have been agreed with the Government under which the British Egg Marketing Board will operate when the Government ceases to trade in eggs.

Discussions with the Egg Marketing Board about the financial arrangements under which they will operate are not yet completed. But I will place in the Library of the House a copy of the Agreement between the Board and the Government when it has been signed. In the meantime, I would refer the hon. Member to the outline which my right hon. Friend gave to the House on 11th December when introducing the British Egg Marketing Scheme (Approval) Order, 1956.

Actions for:—
				Jamaica Constabulary	District Constables	Special Constables	TOTAL
False Imprisonment
(a) Actions initiated		…	…	15	5	0	20
(b) Completed	…	…	…	8	2	0	10
(c) Successful	…	…	…	3	1	0	4
(d) Unsuccessful	…	…	…	5	1	0	6
Wrongful Arrest
(a) Actions initiated		…	…	6	0	0	6
(b) Completed	…	…	…	6	0	0	6
(c) Successful	…	…	…	1	0	0	1
(d) Unsuccessful	…	…	…	5	0	0	5
Assault
(a) Actions initiated		…	…	19	12	0	31
(b) Completed	…	…	…	13	6	0	19
(c) Successful	…	…	…	2	0	0	2
(d) Unsuccessful	…	…	…	11	6	0	17

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many constables of each category were the subject of criminal prosecutions in Jamaica in the year ended 1st April, 1957.

CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS
					Jamaica Constabulary	District Constables	Special Constables	TOTAL
(a) Actions initiated		…	…	…	7	4	4	15
(b) Completed	…	…	…	…	4	4	4	12
(c) Successful	…	…	…	…	3	2	2	7
(d) Unsuccessful	…	…	…	…	1	2	2	5

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will now make a further statement on the death of Maimunah Binte Abdul Hamid who

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many actions for false imprisonment, wrongful arrest and assault were initiated in the year ended 1st April, 1957, against members of the Jamaica Constabulary, district constables and special constables, respectively.

The information asked for is given in the following table:

The information required is given in the following table:was killed near Ulu Chemor on 8th November, 1956, with particular reference to her family and the payment of compensation.

The father of the girl has been awarded $600 as compensation.

asked the Minister of Health under what circumstances two young Salford men, details of whose cases have been sent to him, were certified as mentally deficient and on what date.

They were sent to mental deficiency institutions in pursuance of Orders dated 10th December, 1940, and 20th March, 1947, under Sections 5 and 6 of the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, made by judicial authorities who were satisfied on medical evidence that they were mentally defective within the meaning of the Mental Deficiency Acts.

asked the Minister of Health if a decision has yet been reached regarding the application of the hon. Member for Salford, East, that the two Salford boys who have been for ten years inmates of a Lancashire institution should be allowed out on licence with a view to their leading a normal community life.

The younger brother is not at present regarded as suitable for any form of community care, but the Medical Superintendent is making further enquiries into the possibility of granting licence to the elder brother.

asked the Minister of Health when the mother's consent was obtained for the older of the two Salford men, details of whose cases have been sent to him, to be sent to the mental institution; and if she was told of the intention to apply for a detention order.

The Judicial Authority who made the Order on 20th March, 1947, found that the consent of the mother had been unreasonably withheld.

asked the Minister of Health when the statutory reconsideration of the cases of both Salford men, details of which have been sent to him, was carried out after they became 21; and if the parents were advised and asked if they wished to be present and make representations.

On 11th March, 1952, and 4th June, 1954, respectively. The answer to the second part of the Question is, yes.

asked the Minister of Health, in view of the fact that the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, Clause 11 (2), provides that an independent medical report can be submitted by the patient himself, what procedure a patient has to adopt in order to get such a report; and how many patients have personally used this method since 1st January, 1950, up to the latest convenient date.

It is open to the patient to arrange for such an examination through relatives or friends or, if he knows of a doctor willing to act, to write directly to the doctor. The former is the usual course. The information requested in the second part of the Question is not available.

asked the Minister of Labour how many trainers in the Training Within Industry Department are serving in his Department compared with the end of 1955; to what extent the service is in demand and appreciated by industry; and whether he proposes to reduce it further.

There are twenty-three Training Within Industry trainers serving in my Department as compared with thirty-eight at the end of 1955. There is a steady demand for their services which are highly appreciated by industry, and no further reduction in their numbers is contemplated.

asked the President of the Board of Trade on what United Kingdom exports imported into Australia the preference given by Australia has been reduced by the Trade Agreement with Australia, signed on 26th February, 1957.

The Australian Government have not yet reduced any margins of preference to the new minimum levels provided for in the recent United Kingdom-Australia Trade Agreement, but it is likely that reductions will be made in the near future in respect of many of the goods covered by Schedule B to the Agreement. Explanatory notes on this Schedule were contained in pages 642–645 of the Board of Trade Journal for 23rd March, 1957.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is the intention of the United Kingdom Government to serve on the International Commodity Trade Commission of the United Nations.

No.

asked the President of the Board of Trade when he expects to bring the provisions of the Copyright Act, 1956, into operation and to make the necessary subordinate legislation.

I have today made an Order which has the effect of bringing the whole Act into operation on the 1st June, 1957. Regulations made under Sections 7 and 8, and Rules made under Section 10 of the Act, will be laid before Parliament in the near future.