asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies which Colonial Office reports on individual colonies or protectorates for the year 1958 have not yet been published.

Certain territories produce reports annually, others biennially, The following annual reports for 1958 have not yet been published in the United Kingdom:

• British Honduras.
• Brunei.
• Fiji.
• †Gibraltar.
• Jamaica.
• †Kenya.
• †Mauritius.
• Nigeria.
• †North Borneo.
• ^* Northern Rhodesia.
• †Sarawak.
• Sierra Leone.
• †Singapore.
• Trinidad.

asked the Minister of Defence what progress is being made in the policy of standardisation of weapons within the Western European Union; and whether he will make a statement.

The feasibility of increasing standardisation is under continuous study in both Western European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.If it is to succeed, standardisation must be tackled at the beginning, when the military characteristics of new weapons are being considered. W.E.U. has agreed upon the characteristics of various advanced army weapons, and further agreements are in prospect. The agreements are forwarded to N.A.T.O. where it has been found that practical measures of co-operation in research development and production can most profitably be discussed.On the naval side, work initiated in W.E.U. on co-operation in research and development has been transferred to N.A.T.O. Discussion on air force items has taken place in W.E.U. but is now being pursued in N.A.T.O.

asked the Minister of Education if he will circulate in the Official Report a list of all the comprehensive schools in England and Wales.

In January, 1959, there were 111 such schools. Since the list is a very long one, I am sending it to the hon. Member and explaining that the main reason for the increase of 25 over the total for January, 1958, is the reclassification of existing schools in London.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give appropriate taxation allowances to disabled people in respect of motor transport that may be essential to them to travel to and from their place of work.

I have noted the hon. Member's suggestion, but I cannot anticipate my right hon. Friend's Budget statement.

asked the Minister of Health what steps he is taking to increase the number of day nurseries provided by local authorities, which has fallen by approximately 50 per cent. since 1949.

I do not consider that any steps are necessary. Local health authorities have been advised since the war that day nurseries should be used to meet the special needs of mothers obliged by their circumstances to go out to work, or other cases where the child cannot be satisfactorily cared for at home. There is no indication that the needs for which they are intended are not being met.

asked the Minister of Health what evidence he has of the harmful effects on human health of the accumulation in the body of small quantities of arsenical and other poisonous agricultural sprays.

There has been no substantiated evidence that current methods of using sprays containing cumulative poisons in this country are likely to produce serious chronic effects on health but the position is being kept under review.

asked the Minister of Health whether he is now prepared to extend the benefits of the National Health Service with regard to drugs, medicines, &c., to the private paying patients of doctors who also have National Health Service patients on their lists.

I would refer my hon. Friend to the Answer given to my hon, and gallant Friend the Member for Arundel and Shoreham (Captain Kerby) on 4th November.