asked the President of the Board of Trade how many of the 14,500 jobs promised for the County of Durham during the next few years will be made available within the exchange areas of the North-West Durham constituency.

About 670.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make representations to the French Government with a view to obtaining a removal of the present complete ban on the advertising of Scotch whisky in France.

We have on a number of occasions discussed with the French Government the ban on advertising Scotch whisky in France. Representations now would be unlikely to be more successful than in the past, because the French Government's campaign against alcoholism has recently been intensified.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what new industrial enterprises will be in production in 1962 in Renfrewshire; and what is the estimated increase in employment as a consequence.

Twelve, including expansions to eight existing enterprises, to provide 8,130 jobs.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what new industrial enterprises planned for Dunbartonshire are likely to be in production by 1962; what is the estimated increase in employment these new enterprises will produce; and what proportion of the new jobs provided will be for youths under 18 years of age.

I would refer the hon. Member to the answers given to the hon. Member for Dunbartonshire, East (Mr. Bence) and to the hon. Member for Motherwell (Mr. Lawson).

asked the President of the Board of Trade what new industrial enterprises or expansions planned for Kilmarnock are likely to be in production by 1962; what is the estimated increase in employment these will produce; and what proportion of the new jobs provided will be for youths under 18 years of age.

One. To give the prospective employment would disclose confidential information.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many copies of newspapers published in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics are imported into this country, and how many copies of newspapers published in the United Kingdom are exported to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, respectively: and what restrictions are imposed on the sale of British newspapers in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

I regret that this information is not available. British newspapers may be imported into the Soviet Union only by one of the Government trading organisations, and with certain exceptions are not on sale to the public.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what new industrial enterprises planned for the three counties of Dunbarton, Renfrew, and Lanark are likely to be in production by 1962; what is the estimated increase in employment these new enterprises will produce; and what proportion of the new jobs provided will be for youths under 18 years of age.

:Forty-one, including 21 expansions to provide 14,612 jobs.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will now refer to the Monopolies Commission the magazine publishing industry.

My right hon. Friend thinks we must await the outcome of the work of the Royal Commission on the Press.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he will take to prevent the duplication by privately-owned tape recorders of gramophone records in circulation from public libraries at no cost to the borrowers thus infringing the copyright.

The remedy lies with the copyright owner himself by way of action for breach of copyright under the Copyright Act, 1956, against those who reproduce his work in this way. I do not know what further action my hon. Friend has in mind.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what progress has been made in the provision of new jobs in Gateshead; what proposals are at present being considered to reduce unemployment in the area; and if he will make a statement

About 1,000 new jobs are in prospect for Gateshead. While my right hon. Friend would be pleased to see some industrial expansion in the area, the Board of Trade's steering of new industry must be directed to places with more serious unemployment.

asked the President of the Board of Trade why no replies, other than an acknowledgment, had been sent up to 2nd March to letters addressed to the Export Services Branch of the Board on 7th, 8th and 28th February by Jordison and Company Limited, of Middlesbrough, requesting information concerning export markets for bottle collars.

The enquiry by Jordison & Co., Ltd., could not be answered without making enquiries from a number of overseas posts. As soon as replies have been received a full report will be made to the firm.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the latest figures for the principal articles of British exports to the various countries in the European Economic Community, and the tariff changes affecting those goods which came into force in January of this year.

It will take a little time to prepare the information, but I will send it to the right hon. Gentleman as soon as it is ready.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many of the 14,500 jobs promised to the county of Durham during the next five years will be made available within Sunderland.

About 3,000.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what industries are being investigated by the Monopolies Commission at the latest convenient date; what investigations were completed during 1959–60; and what action has been taken by his Department in this connection.

The Monopolies Commission at present have two references before them:

(a) the supply of electrical equipment for motor vehicles;

(b) the "solus sites" system of retail sale of petrol in the United Kingdom.

A report on the supply of chemical fertilisers was submitted to me on 23rd July, 1959, and was published on 16th February, 1960. In addition a report on the supply of cigarettes and tobacco and of cigarette and tobacco machinery was submitted to me on 6th January, 1961, and is being prepared for publication.For action taken up to the end of 1960 on the report on the supply of chemical fertilisers and on earlier reports, I would refer the hon. Member to the Annual Report of the Board of Trade on the operation of the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Acts, 1948 and 1953, which has been laid before the House. Discussions are continuing with the industrial interests concerned on matters raised by the report on chemical fertilisers.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he intends to introduce legislation to amend the scope of references to, and the constitution of, the Monopolies Commission.

My right hon. Friend does not think that there is any need for such legislation.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many of the 14,500 jobs promised for the county of Durham during the next few years will be made available within the Bishop Auckland constituency.

About 620. The jobs are not "promised", but are based on the estimates of the firms concerned.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science to what extent the Agricultural Research Council and the Agricultural Improvement Council sponsor research on wool production in Great Britain.

The Agricultural Research Council is undertaking or supporting research on wool quality and its inheritance, on the interpretation of wool types, on the mechanism of wool growth, and on the nutrition and breeding of sheep. The Agricultural Improvement Council is not responsible for any research, but the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food keeps records of the wool clip of all sheep involved in experiments at the Ministry's experimental farms.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science in which projects the United Kingdom is participating under the auspices of the European Nuclear Energy Agency.

The Dragon project at Winfrith Heath for the development of the high temperature gas-cooled reactor and the Halden project in Norway for the development of a boiling water reactor. The United Kingdom is also co-operating fully in the general work of the European Nuclear Energy Agency through membership of specialist panels, committees and symposia.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what progress has so far been made with the Dragon project at Winfrith Heath in Dorset.

My hon. Friend will be aware that the Dragon project is managed by an international board, the United Kingdom representatives on which are appointed by the Atomic Energy Authority. According to the Board's Report for the year ending 31st March, 1960, good progress had been made in the assembly of staff, the first contracts for equipment had been placed and a start made on the construction of the experimental power-producing high temperature gas-cooled reactor. I understand that satisfactory progress continues.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science to what extent university research workers are using the facilities at the Rutherford Laboratory; and from how many universities they are drawn.

I am informed by the National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science that between 35 and 40 graduate physicists, drawn from six physics departments in four universities, are making regular use of the facilities at the Rutherford Laboratory. Teams from two more physics departments will shortly be taking part.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what progress has been made in achieving the target of doubling the 1956 level of output of scientists and technologists, as was recommended by the Scientific Manpower Committee of the Advisory Committee on Scientific Policy.

The Committee recommended in 1956 that we should aim at an annual output of 20,000 qualified scientists and technologists over the next 10–15 years. Present estimates indicate that we shall have reached this figure—which is double the estimated output at that time—by about 1964, after only 8 years. This is a notable achievement which, I think, reflects great credit on the universities and technical colleges concerned.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what progress the nature conservancy is making in research on the value of plants in the prevention of coast erosion and the reclamation of seashore land.

A limited programme of long-term research in the field of shore stabilisation and dune reclamation is in progress by the Nature Conservancy. Results so far show the value of marram grass and tree lupins on sand and cord grass on silt.

asked the Minister of Works what progress is being made in dealing with the shortage of bricks in the east Midlands area.

Capacity for brick production in the east Midlands area has recently been increased by the opening of new kilns. Production rose in 1960 and there should be a larger increase this year. I have had no requests for help from this area in recent months.

asked the Minister of Works in what parts of the United Kingdom there are still shortages of bricks.

Delivery periods for certain types of bricks are still longer than I could wish, but there has been a small increase in bricks in stock since the beginning of the year and I have no evidence of any work being held up through lack of bricks.

asked the Minister of Works when it is proposed to rebuild the stone staircase leading from St. Stephen's Hall to Ashworth's and other offices.

The rebuilding of this staircase will be very costly, but will be undertaken when funds are available. This is unlikely to be in the near future.

asked the Minister of Works whether he will arrange to have the stained glass windows in St. Stephen's Crypt cleaned and inspected; and whether he will consider the possibility of exterior illumination behind the windows to remove their present gloomy appearance.

The windows are at present being cleaned and should be lighter when the scaffolding outside the Crypt is removed, in about three weeks. I will consider the need for exterior illumination when the scaffolding has gone.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what is the average period that a rent appellant has to wait between the notification of his case to the Islington Rent Tribunal and the hearing of his case; and to what extent he anticipates this problem will be aggravated by the proposed merging of the Barking Rent Tribunal with the one at Islington.

On a broad estimate, including cases postponed at the request of the parties, the average waiting period for rent appellants to the Islington Tribunal has been of the order of six weeks. I do not expect this to be increased as a result of the proposed amalgamation.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs how many cases from East Ham were dealt with by the Barking Rent Tribunal during 1960; and whether he will reconsider his decision to close this tribunal.

During 1960 the tribunal gave decisions on 36 cases from East Ham. I can see no reason for altering my decision to amalgamate the tribunal with the Islington one.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what area is now served by the Rent Tribunal, whose office is located at 307A, Barking Road, E.13; and how many cases were dealt with by that tribunal in the six months ended 28th February, 1961.

This tribunal serves the county boroughs of East and West Ham, and the boroughs of Barking and Ilford. During the six months ended 28th February, 1961, the tribunal fixed the rent payable in 41 cases, and decided 24 applications for extension of security of tenure. This amount of work does not justify the continuance of a separate tribunal.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what measures he contemplates to deal with the permanent aluminium bungalows, a report on which was sent by the Easington Rural District Council to his Department on 21st September, 1959; if he is aware that 258 of the bungalows are deteriorating; and what guidance he will give, beyond that contained in his letter to the Easing-ton Rural District Council of 26th June, 1959, on this problem.

I am well aware of this matter. A number of other local authorities are faced with a similar problem in relation to permanent aluminium bungalows of this type erected in 1947–49, and I hope to be in a position soon to advise all the councils concerned on how it should be dealt with generally.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what additional grants are to be made available for extensions to the National Library of Wales, the National Museum of Wales and the Welsh Folk Museum.

I am glad to be able to announce that the Government have decided to make an Exchequer contribution of the order of 90 per cent. of the approved cost of the two Welsh building projects recommended by the Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries as deserving priority. These are the West Wing of the National Museum at Cardiff, estimated to cost £350,000, and the completion of the first bookstack at the National Library at Aberystwyth, estimated to cost £200,000. Sums have been included in the grants in aid of the Museum and the Library in 1961–62 to enable a start to be made on these projects during the year.The Commission did not attach as high a priority to the extension of the Welsh Folk Museum, and thus the Government feel it right to put the other two projects first.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he will set up an inquiry into the proposed development of the Wine Street central area in Bristol.

I would refer the hon. Member to the Answer I gave to the hon. Member for St. Pancras, North on 28th February.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made in repairing the damage caused by last year's hurricane in Mauritius.

By the end of February, 1961, the progress of reconstruction was as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what restrictions are in operation in Malta with regard to the holding of mass meetings and demonstrations; and if he will revise them in so far as they affect the Maltese Labour Party.

The holding of mass meetings and demonstrations in Malta is governed by the provisions of the Public Meetings Ordinance, 1931. These must apply without discrimination to all political parties or others wishing to hold public meetings.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether in view of the facts that the population of Glenrothes is now 13,000, will shortly rise to 18,000 and subsequently to 30,000, that it is a predominantly young population with a high birth rate, and that expectant mothers have now to travel from 20 to 30 miles for maternity accommodation, he will now consider the immediate drawing up of plans for a new maternity hospital in the town.

The regional hospital board takes the view that it is much better to build up the Forth Park Maternity Hospital at Kirkcaldy to provide a fully comprehensive maternity hospital for the whole area. A smaller unit at Glenrothes could not have the same facilities and would be much more difficult to staff. Forth Park is seven miles from Glenrothes and can conveniently serve the population of the new town.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how soon the regional hospital board expects to provide the 30 additional beds at the Maternity Hospital at Dunfermline.

No date can be given, but the regional hospital board intends to find a place for this development in its building programme as soon as competing claims on its resources allow.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many maternity hospitals and beds there are in Fife and the South Eastern Hospital Region, respectively; and how many beds per 1,000 of population, are represented by these figures.

The figures are as follows:

——	South Eastern Region	Fife
Maternity hospitals	12	4
Other hospitals with maternity beds	8	—
Total number of maternity beds	662	166
Number of beds per1,000 population	0·57	0·51

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many maternity homes in Scotland and the South Eastern Region, respectively, have had less than £6,000 spent on them in capital investment in the last five years.

In Scotland 37, in the South-Eastern Region 10. These figures exclude hospitals containing both maternity beds and other beds.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of patients entering the Dunfermline Maternity Home, in each of the last five years, has been under 21 years of age; and whether this proportion has been higher than the average for Scotland as a whole.

The only years for which figures are available are 1954 when 9 per cent. of patients at the Dunfermline Maternity Hospital were under twenty-one years of age, and 1958 when the corresponding figure was 12–2 per cent. Figures for Scotland as a whole are not available.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why there has been no capital investment in the ante-natal clinic at the Dunfermline Maternity Hospital for each of the last five years; why only approximately £2,000 has been spent on sanitary accommodation; and why only just over £1,000 has been spent on ward sterilising rooms in the same period.

The regional board each year adjusts its programme of expenditure according to the best judgment it can make of the priorities. The board does not set out to spend at any fixed amount rate on each hospital. Its expenditure on capital account at this hospital in the last ten years represents 17 per cent. of the total expenditure on maternity units in the region, although the hospital contains only 7·5 per cent. of the maternity beds. Work on the sanitary accommodation is in progress at the present time and it is expected that about a further £4,000 will be spent during the current financial year.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in view of the urgent need for additional provision of maternity accommodation in West Fife, he will urge the regional hospital board to take an early decision on the future of the isolation hospital at Milesmark, near Dunfermline.

The regional board will reach a decision as soon as it has completed all the necessary consultations. If a new use for the hospital proves feasible, there are other urgent needs for which it may be more suitable than for maternity.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that Lanarkshire Education Committee has felt obliged to cut its capital investment programme for school buildings in the next five years from a planned £16½ million to £6½ million because of the limitations of the general grant; and what steps he proposes to take to avert a breakdown in education in the county of Lanark.

A school building programme of £16–5 million for the next five years for Lanarkshire would not appear to be practicable in the light of the available technical and building resources and of the amount of school building which this authority have been able to carry out in recent years. The distribution among education authorities of the capital investment available for the next five years must be considered primarily in relation both to the needs of the different areas and also to the amount of work which it is believed can be completed in this period. It has always been possible hitherto to allow Lanarkshire to start every essential building project as soon as they have been ready to do so and it will be my aim to maintain this position.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to receive the report on remand homes in Scotland; and if the report will be made public.

I expect to receive this report before the end of the year. It is usual Ito publish reports of this kind.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what consultations he has had, and with whom, concerning the future implementation of the Mackintosh Committee's proposals for law reform affecting intestate succession.

The Faculty of Advocates, the Law Society of Scotland, the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet, the Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, the Scottish Landowners' Federation, the National Farmers' Union of Scotland and the Crofters Commission have been consulted at various times on this subject.

asked the Lord Advocate whether he will introduce legislation to ensure that guarantors to hire-purchase agreements must sign such agreements in the presence of an executive of the firm concerned, at an office of the firm, where the obligations incurred can be suitably explained.

No.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will state the number of posters printed for hanging in post offices last year advertising sales of National Savings Certificates, Premium and Defence Bonds, and the cost.

During 1960 the Stationery Office produced a total of 76,000 copies of six posters and show-cards to be printed for display in post offices advertising sales of National Savings Certificates, Premium Bonds and Defence Bonds. The total cost of printing was £1,291.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the increased cost annually per-centum and in public funds of Income Tax assessment and collection comparing 1946 with the present year, after adjustment for changed money values; and what is the number of tax assessments raised and met by Income Tax payers.

The Answer to the first part of the Question is not known because it is not possible to evaluate satisfactorily that part of the total Inland Revenue cost which relates to Income Tax assessment and collection. As for the second part, it is estimated that there were 14.0 million individuals chargeable with Income Tax in 1946–47 and 18.8 million in 1959–60.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which publications the offer for sale of the prior charge securities held by the Iron and Steel Holding Realisation Agency was advertised; what was the cost in each case; and from which did the greatest return come.

The newspapers in which details of the offer were published in full, and the cost in each case, were: The Times—£8,250; the Financial Times£9,250; The Guardian—£4,950; the Daily Telegraph—£12,210; The Scotsman—£3,960; and the Glasgow Herald—£4,440.In addition abridged particulars were published in 25 other newspapers at a total cost of £9,859 10s. 6d. The information asked for in the last part of the Question is not available.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state, for each of the last ten years, the percentage of the annual national gross product devoted to national expenditure on education and, in particular, to educational building.

The following figures show the total expenditure by Central and local Government on education and child care expressed as a percentage of gross national product over the last ten years for which figures are available.

—			Total Expenditure	Of which Building
			Per cent.	Per cent.
1950	…	…	3·3	0·5
1951	…	…	3·4	0·5
1952	…	…	3·4	0·6
1953	…	…	3·4	0·5
1954	…	…	3·4	0·5
1955	…	…	3·5	0·5
1956	…	…	3·8	0·6
1957	…	…	4·1	0·7
1958	…	…	4·2	0·7
1959	…	…	4·4	0·7

NOTE: The figures are based on those given in Table 43 of the National Income Blue Book. Capital grants, which are mainly for building, have been included under that heading. Corresponding figures for private expenditure on education are not available.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why radio valves are subject to Purchase Tax whereas cathode ray tubes for television sets are not; and what is the justification for such discrimination.

For revenue reasons valves, and some other parts of radio and television sets, are taxed at the same rate as the complete sets. Television tubes were exempted by my predecessor in his Budget on 1959, and he gave the reason for so doing in his Budget speech.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why domestic steel wool for scouring is subject to tax at 12½ per cent., under Purchase Tax Schedules, Group 11(a), whereas competitive products such as emery cloth, wire brushes, dish mops and abrasives are not so subject to Purchase Tax; for what reason such distinctions exist; and whether he will remove steel wool from purchase tax.

Pot scourers and steel wool are articles of hardware or ironmongery; emery cloth and abrasive ] powders are not. Brushes, brooms and mops are specifically exempt from tax for the reasons explained to the House at Report Stage of the Autumn Finance Bill on 8th December, 1955, by my right hon. Friend the present Minister of Housing and Local Government.

asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty what was the total number of chief petty officers, other than artificers and mechanicians, borne at 1st January, 1961; and what was the number of these who were under 30 years of age at that date.

3,500, of whom about 20 were under 30 years of age.

asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty what was the total number of chief artificers, chief mechanicians, artificers and mechanicians, of all types, respectively, at 1st January, 1961.

1,240, 125, 6,360 and 1,260, respectively.

asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty how many chief artificers were still serving their first 12 years' engagement on 1st January, 1961.

130.

asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty what were the numbers of engine room artificers, chief engine room artificers, mechanicians, engine room branch, and chief mechanicians,

——	1st January, 1955	1st January, 1957	1st January, 1959	1st January, 1961
Engine Room Artificers	2,330	2,040	1,740	1,780
Chief Engine Room Artificers	650	630	520	500
(Engine Room) Mechanicians	510	630	650	600
Chief (Engine Room) Mechanicians	110	110	90	90

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which county councils have revoked dipping regulations made under the Diseases of Animals Acts.

The county councils of Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Sussex (West), Warwickshire and Wiltshire have revoked dipping regulations made under the Sheep Scab Order of 1938.

asked the Secretary of State for Air how many offers were made by his Department to sell disused airfield land back to former owners or their successors in each of the years 1958, 1959 and 1960 in compliance with the Government's undertaking given on 20th July, 1954, in the light of the Crichel Down decision.

This information is not readily available. I will write to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.

asked the Minister of Health what was the cost in salaries of engine room branch, respectively, borne at the commencement of the years 1955, 1957, 1959, and 1961.

The following is the Answer:the non-medical staff of 2,440 persons of the regional hospital boards in 1949 and for the 5,260 persons in 1959.

About £1¼ million and £4 million.

asked the Minister of Health what is the average length of time that patients have to wait at Doncaster Royal Infirmary for an operation for arthritis in the feet.

Waiting time varies from a few weeks to over a year according to the condition of the patient and the effect of the arthritis on his capacity to work.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has happened to the firearms handed over by Lieut.-Colonel Wills for safe keeping, by order, to the Royal Irish Constabulary, which are identified in the receipt signed by the sergeant in charge of Ballyhackamore police station and dated 20th January, 1920.

No records now exist which show what happened to these firearms.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what representations he has received from the Theydon Mount Parish Council, the Epping and Ongar Rural District Council and the Essex County Council, as local planning authority, respectively, about the Prison Commission's proposal to site a semi-secure women's prison at Hill Hall, Theydon Mount, Essex;(2) what consideration he has given to the holding of a local public inquiry into the Prison Commission's proposal to site a semi-secure women's prison at Hill Hall, Theydon Mount, Essex.

My right hon. Friend the Minister of Housing and Local Government and I have received representations from the Theydon Mount Parish Council, and a letter commenting on those representations from the county council. No communication has been received from the rural district council. I am considering the position in consultation with my right hon. Friend,

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of convictions for drunkenness in the Metropolitan Police district, and in the city of London, respectively, during the calendar year 1960; and what were the comparable figures for 1959.

The information is as follows:

——		Metropolitan Police District		City of London
		1959	1959	1960	1960
Convictions	…	27,058	26,670	180	140

asked the Minister of Labour what is the estimated amount of unemployment benefit paid to unemployed male workers in the Stranraer district from June, 1959, to the present date.

Approximately £68,000 from 1st June, 1959, to the end of February, 1961.

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many National Health Service prescription charges and for how much, in total, over a typical winter period, in the Oldham area were remitted on application to people receiving supplementary assistance, and to those not receiving supplementary assistance, respectively; and what estimates he has made of the remissions when the new charges are operative.

It is not possible to give the figures asked for in respect of persons already receiving a weekly National Assistance grant, as complete records are not kept by locality for the immediate refunds at post offices, which are the very great majority. As regards other persons, it is estimated that in the six months October, 1959, to March. 1960, grants in respect of prescription charges in an area approximating to the county borough of Oldham amounted to about £100 representing about 2,000 prescription items. Some increase in the number of applications for refunds may be expected.

asked the Minister of Transport if he will state briefly in the OFFICIAL REPORT the development schemes, each requiring an expenditure of more than £250,000, on the former Great Central line from Marylebone to Manchester, submitted to him by the British Transport Commission.

No schemes for capital expenditure associated with the former Great Central line from Marylebone to Manchester have been submitted to me by the British Transport Commission.