asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what areas of Dartmoor National Park come within his control; what are their acreages; and to what extent civilians are excluded from these areas.

Only the Merrivale West area is controlled by the Admiralty. It comprises 9,823 acres. Civilians are excluded, when firings are taking place, as they normally do on an average of about three days a week.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the latest date on which a batch of records from his Department was transferred to the Public Record Office.

The latest date on which a batch of records was transferred by the Admiralty to the Public Record Office was 5th March, 1958.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the date of the last destruction schedule made under the Public Record Office Act, 1877, relating to non-current records in his Department.

The date of the last destruction schedule made under the Public Record Office Act, 1877, relating to non-essential records in the Admiralty, was 11th June, 1953. This was the seventh schedule.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty which of Her Majesty's guided-weapon ships "Devonshire", "Kent", "Hampshire", and "London" have been laid down to date.

I have nothing at the moment to add to the reply given by my predecessor to the right hon. Member for Rochester and Chatham (Mr. Bottomley), on 30th October, 1957.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty to what extent support and repair carriers are still vital for the maintenance of carrier task forces during prolonged operations, especially where no shore bases are available.

It remains Admiralty policy to provide afloat support for Naval forces, but this will not need to take the form of carriers converted for this purpose, if this is what my hon. Friend means.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he proposes to make any modifications in the guarantee arrangements for eggs; and if he will make a statement.

Under the existing guarantee arrangements for eggs, which came into operation in 1957, Ministers are required, in determining the guaranteed prices for eggs in the light of the Annual Review, to make an estimate of the average selling prices for hen and duck eggs for the year ahead. The difference between the estimated average selling price and the guaranteed price of hen and duck eggs respectively is payable to the British Egg Marketing Board, subject to a profit and loss sharing arrangement, as a flat-rate subsidy on eggs qualifying for the guarantee.The Government and the Farmers' Unions have both recognised the inherent difficulties of making a reasonably accurate forecast of market prices a year in advance and a conventional basis of estimation has now been agreed which is designed to obviate these difficulties.The revised arrangements provide that the determinations of the estimated average selling prices for 1958–59 and 1959–60 respectively shall, for the purposes of the guarantee, be based on averages of the realised wholesale prices for fresh eggs, as ascertained by Ministers, in the two years immediately preceding the guarantee year in question. In calculating such estimated average prices, the ascertained average wholesale prices for hen and duck eggs respectively in each appropriate year will be weighted according to the quantity of eggs attracting subsidy in that year. In addition to taking account of the respective quantities of eggs, double weighting will be given to the ascertained average prices in the year immediately preceding the guarantee year in question, e.g. in determining the estimated average selling prices for 1958–59 the weight given to the ascertained average prices for 1957–58 will be twice that given to the prices for 1956–57. The guarantee arrangements as a whole will be reviewed before 1960–61.This statement does not, of course, anticipate Ministers' determinations of the guaranteed prices for eggs in 1958–59 which will be announced in the White Paper on the Annual Review in the usual way.

asked the Minister of Health the latest date on which a batch of records from his Department was transferred to the Public Record Office.

Sixth September, 1957.

asked the Minister of Health the date of the last destruction schedule made under the Public Record Office Act, 1877, relating to non-current records in his Department.

Seventh November, 1956.

asked the Minister of Health, how many of the 20.500 general practitioners in practice in 1951 were, respectively, principals working alone, principals working in partnership, assistants, or trainee assistants; and if he will give the same separation in regard to the 22,500 general practitioners in practice in 1956.

The following table gives an analysis of principals providing unrestricted general medical services, and shows the number of assistants and trainees, in England anti Wales on 1st July, 1952 (the earliest date for which figures are available in this form) and on 1st July, 1956:—

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many of the 115 aliens or stateless persons against whom deportation orders were made during the period 1945 to 1957, but which have not yet been enforced, are required to report to the police, and at what intervals; and what record is kept by the Special Branch of the present whereabouts and activities of these aliens;(2) if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of the 115 persons against whom deportation orders were made during the period 1945 to 1957, inclusive, but against whom the orders were not enforced because there was no country willing to accept the alien; and if he will give the reasons for the deportation order in each case, and the present nationality and whereabouts of each alien.

I am sending my hon. Friend a list containing the information for which he asks, other than particulars of the present whereabouts of the aliens which I do not feel justified in disclosing.The police of the area in which an alien is registered have particulars of his address and employment, and the alien is required to report any change which affects the accuracy of their record.

asked the Postmaster General the latest date on which a batch of records from his Department was transferred to the Public Record Office.

So far as is known, the Post Office has never transferred any of its records to the Public Records Office.

asked the Postmaster General the date of the last destruction schedule made under the Public Record Office Act, 1877, relating to non-current records in his Department.

The last Destruction Schedule of Post Office documents made under the Public Record Office Act, 1877, was dated the 9th September, 1943.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many accidents, involving fatal and non-fatal injuries, respectively, have occurred on the Glasgow-Carlisle road at Glengonnar Woods, near Abington, since the war.

Since 1st January, 1947, the earliest date from which records are available, there have been 16 accidents on this length of road involving one fatality and 27 cases of personal injury.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in the light of the road fatality which occurred on the Glasgow—Carlisle road at Glengonnar Woods, near Abington, on 22nd February, he is satisfied with the road safety that is in force in that area; and if he will make a statement.

I hope to authorise shortly a scheme for the reconstruction of this section of the Glasgow—Carlisle road. I have no reason to suppose, however, that the accident referred to in the Question indicated that any additional road safety measures are called for.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many accidents involving fatal and non-fatal injuries have occurred on Kingsway in the new town of East Kilbride.

Since 1st January, 1953, there have been twenty-two accidents involving personal injury on this road. The casualties included two persons who were killed.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether in view of the fatal accident in East Kilbride on 22nd February on Kingsway at Maxwellton Avenue, he is satisfied with road safety provisions there; and if he will make a statement.

Kingsway, East Kilbride, is a classified road for which Lanarkshire County Council is the highway authority. I understand that it is proposed to close its junction with Maxwellton Avenue as the road pattern in the new town develops.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what reply he sent to the Lanark Presbytery when it protested about Sunday drinking.

The Presbytery sent me resolutions on this subject without asking for any comment upon them. Local authorities which have made similar representations, and have asked for my views, have been told that I can see no prospect of the early amendment of the law relating to the supply of liquor on Sundays in Scotland.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will again consider the possibility of legislation to make the purchase of intoxicating liquors on a Sunday dependent upon the concurrent service of a cooked meal.

I can see no possibility of introducing legislation in the near future to amend the law on this subject.

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation the total receipts from the toll imposition on the Old Shoreham Toll Bridge during 1957, 1956 and 1955; and if he will now discuss with the British Transport Commission the possibility of removing the toll and leaving over the financial settlement until his Department is in a position to make the actual compensation payment, with interest thereon, from the date of freeing the bridge.

The gross amounts received by the British Transport Commission from tolls on the Old Shoreham Toll Bridge in 1957, 1956 and 1955 were £13,508, £13,474 and £13,203 respectively.The answer to the second part of the Question is in the negative. I am, however, negotiating with the British Transport Commission with a view to acquiring and extinguishing the toll rights when I can carry out a scheme for replacing the bridge.

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will confirm the order to institute one-way traffic in East Street, Tonbridge, as speedily as possible.

Objectors to this Order have until 19th March to make their case to me. Until I receive any objections which may be made and have assessed their weight I shall not be in a position to say whether or not I will confirm the Order submitted to me by the Kent County Council. It may be necessary to hold a public inquiry.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the United Kingdom will be associated with the European Common Market on the same terms as with the European Coal and Steel Community.

No. In the case of the European Coal and Steel Community there is an agreement for consultation between the United Kingdom and the Community through a Council of Association.In he case of the Free Trade Area the United Kingdom would be a full member with the same obligations as the other members, including the signatories of the Treaty of Rome.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent, in view of the fact that concessionary coal is a part of mine workers' remuneration, the value of this coal is assessed for Income Tax purposes together with the miners' gross earnings under Schedule E, or by any other means.

Not at all.