asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty how many of the cadets from Scottish schools accepted into the Dartmouth Naval College at the last intake came from independent schools.

Of the nine cadets from Scottish schools who entered Dartmouth in 1961, three came from independent schools.

asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty how many applicants there were for places at Dartmouth Naval College at the last intake, how many were educated at Scottish schools; how many cadets were accepted; and how many of these were from Scottish schools.

Scottish schools provided 17 of the 231 direct entry applicants for the Dartmouth entry in 1961, and five of the 101 scholarship or reserved cadetship holders who had qualified in previous competitions and had sought entry last year. One hundred and forty-six cadets finally entered, of whom nine came from Scottish schools.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will now announce the personnel of the committee to investigate meat marketing.

I shall make an announcement as soon as it is settled.

asked the Secretary of State for Air (1) how many of the cadets from Scottish schools accepted into the Royal Air Force College at the last intake came from independent schools.

There were 101 applicants for the January, 1962, entry and 38 were accepted. Six applicants were from Scottish schools but none was successful.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent he will relate, either to the balance of payments figures or to the exchange reserves figures, sums due to this country under credit-financed exports and sums due for repayment under economic assistance loans.

The total amount of outstanding export credit is not known. Sums due for repayment, at various dates up to about 1990, under economic assistance loans amounted to approximately £290 million on 31st March last. Repayments, partially for the former and fully for the latter, are included in the balance of payments estimates, e.g. Cmnd. 1506.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in the interests of the export trade in particular, he will withdraw the existing grant of investment allowance in respect of television sets manufactured for rental in the United Kingdom.

I have noted my hon. and gallant Friend's suggestion.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement outlining the extent to which the Maltese economy has been diversified, and the degree of economic assistance given by Britain, since the suspension of the Constitution.

New industries inevitably take some time to reach full capacity but the programme of industrialisation has made a useful start. Since 1959 thirteen new industries have been set up with Government assistance and are in production. At present they employ about 500 people but their final capacity is about 1,500. Applications for assistance in respect of a further twelve concerns have been approved with a final employment capacity of about 3,000. In addition projects for six new hotels and for the extension of two existing hotels have been approved and it is expected that these will employ about another 1,500 people.The original plans for the conversion of the naval dockyard to a commercial ship-repairing yard had to be revised and it was not until May, 1961, that agreement on an enlarged plan was reached. A good deal of preliminary work has been done and work on the main contract is due to start in a few weeks and to be completed in two years time. Modernisation of the civil harbour at Valletta at the cost of £2i million to meet modern industrial needs is almost completed.The cost of the development programme is estimated at over £35¼ million of which the United Kingdom Government has undertaken to provide £29¼. million. It is estimated that by 31st March, 1962, a total of £16½ million approximately will have been spent, of which approximately £12½ million will have come from United Kingdom Government funds.

asked the Minister of Health if he will set out in detail the emergency arrangements adopted at London Airport and other points of entry fallowing the recent smallpox outbreak, including the instructions to immigration officers, and the normal procedure for dealing with travellers entering Britain from areas where smallpox is endemic.

Current arrangements are as follows. All port medical officers examine all travellers who have been in Pakistan in the previous fourteen days. Immigration officers have been instructed to co-operate with port medical officers in identifying such travellers. Such travellers who show no clinical evidence of recent vaccination are offered vaccination and isolated in hospital for fourteen days or until the vaccination has "taken". The names and destinations of all others are sent to the appropriate medical officers of health.Normally, travellers arriving direct by air from an area where smallpox is endemic are issued, on arrival, with a yellow card telling them to call a doctor if they, or anyone in the house, falls ill within twenty-one days of arrival; the card also warns the doctor of the possibility of smallpox. The travellers are not medically examined, but if they are not in possession of a valid international certificate of vaccination against smallpox, their names and destinations are recorded.

asked the Minister of Health what are the numbers of West Indians employed as doctors, nurses and in other posts in hospitals and as general practitioners, respectively, in England and Wales; and what percentage of the total employed these numbers form.

At 31st December, 1960, 5,000 or about 8 per cent. of student and pupil nurses and pupil midwives were from the West Indies. Otherwise the information is not available.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will have inquiries made of the officers of students' carnival and charities committees of English universities with a view to introducing legislation to remove certain restrictions upon the public collection of donations to charity, which limit the contribution which students and others can at present make to the charities they support in successive annual carnivals.

I am considering representations made to me on this matter by the University of London Union Carnival and Charities Committee.

asked the Minister of Power if he is now fully informed of the reasons for the explosion of a transformer on 24th December in the substation at Louise Braille Close in Bootle, which demolished the brick and concrete building; if he has had a technical report from the makers of this transformer; and if he is now able to make a statement about the incident.

I have seen a copy of an interim report by the manufacturers. The immediate cause of the accident seems to have been an explosion of gas which was ignited by a flashover on the high-voltage bushings of the transformer. The manufacturers are still investigating why gas was present. The report suggests that the explosion was not directly due to over-loading of the transformer. I will write to the hon. Member when the manufacturer's final report is available, but this may not be for some time.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the numbers of West Indians employed as doctors, nurses and in other posts in Scottish hospitals, and as general practitioners in Scotland, respectively; and what percentages of the totals employed these numbers form.

It is not the practice to analyse the numbers of staff employed or engaged in the health services according to country of origin. I regret, therefore, that the information asked for is not available.

asked the Secretary of State for War how many of the cadets from Scottish schools accepted into Sandhurst at the last intake came from independent schools.

Ten.

asked the Secretary of State for War how many applicants there were for places at Sandhurst at the last intake; how many were educated at Scottish schools; how many cadets were accepted; and how many of those accepted were from Scottish schools.

The figures are 424. 21. 182 and 12 respectively.