asked the Minister of Health the number of sight tests carried out under the Supplementary Ophthalmic Service in the City of Manchester during the months of April and May in the years 1955, 1956, 1957 and 1958, respectively.

The figures are as follows:

asked the Minister of Health if he has yet come to a decision as to the date on which it will be possible to set up a separate Wessex Regional Hospital Board for the South West Metropolitan Region.

Yes. I have decided that it will be possible to do so on 1st April next and I am taking the necessary steps to bring the new region and Regional Hospital Board into being on that date.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs (1) how much of the area of nearly 40 acres in South Weald, which is intended to be used by the Brentwood Urban District Council and other local authorities as a rubbish dump, is in the green belt;(2) to what extent he was consulted by local authorities before the Brentwood Urban District Council decided to create a rubbish dump of nearly 40 acres on land in South Weald, Brentwood.

My right hon. Friend has not been consulted by the local authorities about the proposed use of this land, all of which lies in the Metropolitan Green Belt. I understand that the County Council did not regard the proposal as a substantial departure from the Development Plan or as injurious to amenity and they were therefore not obliged to consult him before granting planning permission.

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will make a statement about the stoppage of work on parts of the Central Underground Line of London Transport.

On Monday, 9th June, a small proportion of the workers on the London Transport Underground system decided, against the advice of the Executive of the National Union of Railwaymen, to respond to unofficial appeals to support the London busmen in their dispute by not working on Mondays. I am informed that of the 1,220 operating staff engaged in running the services on the Central Line only 78 failed to report for duty.