asked the Minister of Health why wives or husbands of resident doctors at the University College Hospital must leave the residents' quarters by 11.30 p.m. and may not stay overnight.

As I understand, because all the quarters are single.

asked the Minister of Health (1) which hospital management committees have their full complement of those professions supplementary to medicine which are proper to the establishment;(2) if he will state in respect of each hospital as on 30th April, the nurse establishment permitted, and the nurses on the staff in each case.

There are no recognised standards on which to base establishments and figures used by hospital authorities are not collected centrally. Figures of nurses in post on 30th April are not available.

asked the Minister of Health if he will now take immediate steps to meet the management side of the Nurses and Midwives Functional Council so that, in joint consultation, steps can be taken to re-examine existing salary scales and the policy for a recruitment drive in the profession.

The question of a recruitment drive is outside the field of the Whitley Councils. I am available to management sides whenever that might be of assistance, but must continue to expect them to be guided by the Government's wages policy.

asked the Minister of Health if he will set up a committee to inquire into the conditions under which hospital nurses are working, with especial reference to the hours they spend on day and night duty.

No.

asked the Minister of Health if he will issue advice to hospitals urging that nurses guilty of indiscipline should not be punished by wearing a distinctive gown for a set period.

No.

asked the Minister of Health if he will investigate the methods of nursing discipline at the Paddington General Hospital.

No.

asked the Minister of Health how many patients diagnosed as suffering from psychopathic disorder were in hospital under the provisions of Section 26 of the Mental Health Act, 1959, on the latest date for which figures are available, how many as the result of a hospital order, and how many were in each of the special hospitals and in other hospitals.

Following is the information:

Hospitals	Psychopathic patients detained in hospital at 30th April, 1961
	Section 26	Hospital orders (Section 60)
Rampton	—	6
Moss Side	—	3
Broadmoor	—	4
Other hospitals	18	22
Total	18	35

(1) The figures relate to patients suffering from psychopathic disorder without any other form of mental disorder.(2) In addition there were 390 psychopathic patients admitted before 1st November, 1960 and detained under the transitional provisions of the Mental Health Act.

asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that under the National Health Service regulations a doctor in the service can refuse to attend a patient who is living immediately outside the area of his practice, despite the fact that he has been drawing a capitation fee for that patient for some years; and if he will take steps to inform patients of this principle so that they can arrange to be placed on the list of another doctor.

Only if the patient has moved out of the area since being placed on the doctor's list. I have no evidence that this causes difficulty generally.

asked the Minister of Health when the Chief Dental Officer of his Department was appointed; who this officer is; and how many applications he received when the vacancy was advertised.

1st December, 1961. Surgeon Rear-Admiral William Holgate. The vacancy was not advertised.

asked the Minister of Health which inoculations and vaccinations of those required for travel abroad must be given free of charge by a general practitioner to patients on his list.

Any he thinks necessary except yellow fever vaccination, which is provided only at designated centres.

asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that invalid cars approved by his Department are not delivered to disabled persons unless they have a garage or space for the erection of one; and whether he will give instructions that this should no longer be the case, especially if the invalid has the facility of a proper parking space and an appropriate waterproof covering for the vehicle.

Vehicles are not normally delivered until there is a garage, but in cases of special urgency can be supplied earlier with a waterproof cover.

asked the Minister of Health how many of those who recently died of smallpox in the United Kingdom had been vaccinated in the last three years.

Two immigrants died, both of whom held on arrival valid international certificates of recent revaccination. Of the 24 United Kingdom residents who died, none had been vaccinated or revaccinated within the previous three years, except eight who were vaccinated or revaccinated after contact with smallpox.

asked the Minister of Health what is the safe period of immunity in vaccination for smallpox.

The degree and duration of immunity vary with the individual.

asked the Minister of Health whether the consumption of welfare foods in Sunderland shows an upward or downward trend; and if he will make a statement.

In the first quarter of 1962, compared with the last of 1961, sales of national dried milk were down, but sales of all the vitamin supplements up.

asked the Minister of Health (1) what instructions he has issued to local authorities on the action to be taken for the storage, transport and distribution of processed milk if an emergency arises consequent upon the United States nuclear tests at Christmas Island;(2) what instructions have been issued to distributors of processed milk for children under one year old in the event of an emergency arising from the United States tests to enable them to differentiate between those given full cream, half cream, or evaporated milk;(3) if bottle fed babies will have preference over breast fed babies for full cream National Dried Milk in the event of an emergency arising from the fall-out from nuclear tests in Christmas Island.

No fresh instructions are necessary. In case of need, arrangements would follow those made last autumn.

asked the Minister of Labour how many places there are in Ministry of Labour training schools for the training of craft apprentice instructors.

My Ministry has 32 places for short courses in teaching techniques for apprentice training and vocational training instructors at the Letchworth Technical Staff College. 574 persons were trained at these courses in 1961. I am ready to consider an increase in the number of places if the demand justifies it.

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will make a statement about the threatened national dock strike on 13th May.

A meeting of the National Joint Council for the Port Transport Industry is to be held on 8th May to discuss further the claim of the unions for increased wages and a shorter working week and, in view of the grave situation that a national dock strike would create, I earnestly hope that these discussions will lead to a satisfactory settlement.

asked the Minister of Labour if he will publish figures showing the total number of persons registering at Coatbridge and Airdrie employment exchanges in April 1961, and April 1962.

738 and 1,139 respectively at Coatbridge, and 1,070 and 1,758 at Airdrie.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science if he is satisfied that the proposed explosion of a hydrogen bomb by the United States of America in the region of the Van Allen radiation belts will not result in the irreparable disruption of these belts; and if he will make a statement.

I have been asked to reply.My noble Friend the Minister for Science does not feel that the evidence at his disposal entitles him to predict the extent or duration of any effects on the Van Allen belts of the proposed test.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what progress is being made with schemes of automation in British industry; and whether he will issue a statement showing the position at the end of 1961.

I have been asked to reply.As the hon. Member was informed on 9th February, 1961, the many processes and techniques now labeled "Automation" are widespread in industry, and it would be impossible to compress into a single statement an accurate and comprehensive assessment of the situation at any one time. Surveys of particular sectors of industry are undertaken from time to time by Government Departments and various representative industrial organisations, and these are published in the technical Press.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science if he will set up a joint committee of scientists, employers, and trade unionists to examine and report upon the development and application of automation in British industry; and whether he will make a statement.

I have been asked to reply.No. Scientists, industrialists and trade unionists already have a valuable forum for discussing this subject in the British Conference on Automation and Computation. Membership includes representatives from government, industry, commerce, trade unions, universities and colleges of advanced technology, and covers all branches of science and technology.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science whether, in view of the invitation, details of which have been sent to him by the hon. Member for Dunfermline Burghs, extended by a United States firm to Dr. Walter G. Smith, of Sunderland Technical College in connection with his findings on asthma, he will make money available from British sources to finance research into a cure for asthma based on Dr. Smith's findings.

I have been asked to reply.The information sent by the hon. Member consisted of a cutting from

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what progress has been made with research into the treatment of psoriasis; and if he will publish the names of the hospitals doing research on the treatment of psoriasis.

I have been asked to reply.The cause of psoriasis is unknown so that, in addition to clinical trials of various remedies, a good deal of research is being undertaken into the aetiology of the disease. I regret that I am unable to publish a comprehensive list of hospitals undertaking research into psoriasis, but relevant investigations are being carried out by the Medical Research Council in University Departments, within the National Health Service, and by several pharmaceutical firms.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science how many drinking water samples have been analysed by the Government Chemist since the start of the Christmas Island tests; if there has been any increase in iodine 131 and strontium 90 in the samples to date; and when it will be possible to assess whether the threshold of health dangers has been reached in this country.

I have been asked to reply.The analysis of drinking water from over twenty sources is included in the Government's monitoring system and reports are published in the regular series when they become available. It is most unlikely that any measurable fallout from the recent tests can yet have reached this country.

asked the Lord Privy Seal why only white people were invited to the British Ambassador's official reception at Cape Town on the occasion of the Queen's Birthday.

asked the Lord Privy Seal on what basis invitations were issued by the British Ambassador in Cape Town to his official reception for the Queen's Birthday.

It is the normal practice of all British representatives overseas that when they invite people from outside the local community of United Kingdom citizens to their Queen's Birthday Party, they invite members of the Government, Government officials and leaders of the local business community. The British Ambassador in Cape Town followed this practice, as has always been done in the past. There are in fact no non-Europeans in the Cape Town area in the categories I have mentioned.On several occasions the Ambassador has entertained mixed gatherings at which both coloured and African guests have been included with Europeans, though never with European members of the South African Government or South African Government officials.

asked the Lord Privy Seal if his attention has been drawn to the statement in the Danish Parliament recently by the Defence Minister, Mr. Poul Hansen, confirming his Government's instructions to Danish inspection vessels to fire on foreign trawlers, including British trawlers, in Faroese fishing grounds in certain circumstances; if he will obtain from the Danish Government clarification as to the nature of such circumstances; and if he will give appropriate guidance to the British trawling industry following upon such clarification.

Yes. The Minister in question said that the Danish Government had no intention at present of altering the current rules in the Directives to the Fishery Inspection Service concerning the use of live shot as a result of the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the "Red Crusader" incident. These rules permit the firing of live rounds as an ultimate sanction. As my hon. Friend told the House on 18th April the findings of the Commission are under consideration by Her Majesty's Government. The use of force by Fishery Protection vessels both in this case and in general is naturally one of the most important points involved.

asked the Lord Privy Seal what Ministers or officials of overseas Commonwealth countries besides Australia have taken part in formal discussions in Brussels with Ministers or officials of the United Kingdom and of the member states and Commission of the European Economic Community; and what discussions he has had with a view to arrangements being made to co-ordinate approaches from Commonwealth countries to the Community with his negotiations on behalf of the United Kingdom.

No Commonwealth country besides Australia has taken part in the formal discussions in Brussels or has expressed a desire to do so. The Australian Government were in close consultation with us before making their approach.

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will make representations to the United Nations to correct the mistaken expressions of fact in the Report of the Sub-Committee on the affairs of Southern Rhodesia.

This Report has not yet been considered by the appropriate United Nations Committee. My noble Friend may be confident that our representative will make our position clear and correct any mistaken expression of fact when it comes up for discussion.

asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will now make a statement on the clarification by the eight neutral Governments of their test ban treaty proposals.

At the meeting on 19th April the neutral delegations said that their memorandum would have to rest largely on its own merits, and was intended to serve only as a basis for negotiation. It is on that basis that the Western delegates have been discussing the memorandum in the Nuclear Test Sub-Committee at Geneva.

asked the Lord Privy Seal whether Her Majesty's Government are satisfied from the information now made available to them at the Geneva Disarmament Conference, that all atmospheric nuclear tests can be detected and identified by national monitoring systems; and whether the offer made by them to the Russian Government last September to agree to a ban on all atmospheric tests will be renewed.

Most but not all atmospheric tests can be detected and identified by national monitoring systems. As regards the second part of the Question, I have nothing to add to what my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said in answer to the right hon. Gentleman the Leader of the Opposition and the hon. Gentleman the Member for Nelson and Colne (Mr. S. Silverman) on 3rd May.

asked the Lord Privy Seal what regulations, conventions and international agreements are now in force governing the giving of notice to Great Britain by any nation of their intention to explode an experimental thermo-nuclear bomb and of the intended time and place of any such explosion.

None.

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will arrange that any tents which are surplus to the requirements of the Armed Forces shall be made available to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in response to his appeal for temporary accommodation for Algerians moving back to their homelands.

There are, unfortunately, no suitable tents surplus to Army requirements available for this purpose. I expect, however, to be in a position to add to this statement when I reply to a further Question on this subject tomorrow.

asked the Lord Advocate how many prosecutions have been conducted involving American sailors at the Polaris base at Holy Loch; and what has been the nature of these prosecutions.

Since 3rd March, 1961, when the U.S.S. "Proteus" arrived in Holy Loch, proceedings have been taken against 53 American sailors in respect of 74 alleged offences. The offences charged were as follows:

Assault	3
Theft	4
Reset	3
Malicious Mischief	2
Breach of the Peace	6
Indecent Exposure	1
Road Traffic Offences	23
Road Traffic Lighting Offences	21
Contravention of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations, 1955	6
Other statutory offences	5
Total	74

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how he proposes to phase the introduction of compulsory day release classes in further education centres in order to improve technical and competitive efficiency.

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow. Kelvingrove (Mr. Lilley) on 11th April about the first Report of the Development of Day-Release Committee of the Scottish Technical Education Consultative Council. In Part III of that Report the Committee says it is making a detailed exploration of the issues involved in any scheme for compulsory attendance on a day-release basis, and I shall consider the matter further in the light of its advice.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the total capital debts of Scottish local authorities for each of the years from 1950 to 1961.

The total amount of outstanding capital debt at the end of each of these local authority years was as follows:

	Outstanding Capital Debt
Year	£ Million
1950–51	310
1951–52	353
1952–53	414
1953–54	475
1954–55	527
1955–56	586
1956–57	638
1957–58	685
1958–59	737
1959–60	787
1960–61	830
	(estimated)

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is yet in a position to make a statement about the prospects for the siting of a new electricity generating station in Fife.

My consent to the South of Scotland Electricity Board's proposal to erect a 60 MW. slurry-burning station at Methil Docks, Fife, was conveyed to the Board on 30th November last. I understand that the Board is giving preliminary consideration to plans for another power station to follow the 1,200 MW. station at Cockenzie which has also been approved recently. I am not aware, however, of any particular areas being considered by the Board for such a purpose.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Central African Office) if he will make a statement on his discussion with Mr. Kenneth Kaunda, leader of the United National Independence Party of Northern Rhodesia, regarding the conditions and date of the general election in the Colony.

I shall be touching on this matter in the course of the debate tomorrow.

asked the Minister of Aviation what new steps are being taken to deal with the increasing contraction of the aviation industry.

I have nothing to add to the statement I made in the debate on the aircraft industry on the 22nd March.

asked the Minister of Aviation if he will make a statement of Government policy for the development of internal air transport services in Great Britain.

All operators are equally free to apply to the Air Transport Licensing Board for licences to operate air services. It is for the board, in the first instance, to decide what applications should be licensed.

asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what representations he has received from the Government of Pakistan about the alleged misconduct of taxi-drivers at London Airport towards Commonwealth citizens from Pakistan; and whether he will make a statement.

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to the hon. and learned Member for Ipswich (Mr. D. Foot) on 3rd May.

asked the Minister of Education what is the establishment of the research branch in his Department.

The current authorised complement of my Department's Research and Intelligence Branch, which includes the Ministry's Library and Information Department, is:

• 3 Administrative Officers (1 Under-Secretary part-time, 1 Assistant Secretary, 1 Principal);
• 1 Librarian;
• 5 Information Officers;
• 24 Executive and Clerical Staff.

Other branches of the Ministry, for example, the Architects and Building Branch and the Schools Branch, are actively concerned with research and development in their own spheres. Three of Her Majesty's Inspectors are at present engaged full-time on research activities and a rather larger number part-time.

asked the Minister of Education what was the net increase in mathematics and science graduates teaching senior children in maintained schools for the latest available 12-month period.

During the year ending 31st March, 1961, the number of full-time teachers in secondary schools known to have degrees in mathematics OT science increased by 526.

asked the Minister of Education whether he will take steps to increase students' grants to mature students, especially those who are married and with children.

Students' grants, including grants to mature students and those with dependants, are at present being reviewed following the Report of the Standing Advisory Committee on Grants to Students.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the net income, including family allowances, after payment of Income Tax, Surtax, National Insurance and Government graduated pension scheme contributions, in force at that time, of an employed man in each of the years 1945 to 1963, whose gross earned income is at each of the following levels in £ sterling per annum, namely, 312, 416, 520, 624, 780, 1,000, 1,500, 2,000, 3,000, 5,000, 10,000, 24,000 and 50,000, assuming that he is married with two children under the age of 10 years, has no unearned income, that his wife has no income of her own, and that he has no allowances for life insurance.

NET INCOME IN
Income per annum	1945–46			1946–47			1947–48			1948–49			1949–50			1950–51
£	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
312	294	16	8	314	1	6	317	12	8	313	11	5	312	4	4	312	4	4
416	368	5	8	399	3	6	413	10	8	412	9	5	410	16	4	411	14	4
520	434	17	6	472	12	0	494	9	0	495	4	3	491	14	4	496	9	4
624	492	7	6	535	13	0	559	15	0	574	6	3	570	16	4	579	14	4
780	577	17	6	630	9	0	657	5	0	681	5	3	677	12	4	688	17	4
1,000	698	17	6	763	12	0	794	9	0	822	1	3	818	8	4	829	13	4
1,500	973	17	6	1,049	8	0	1,105	18	0	1,142	1	3	1,138	8	4	1,149	13	4
2,000	1,223	17	6	1,323	12	0	1,379	12	0	1,461	4	3	1,457	9	4	1,468	14	4
3,000	1,617	12	6	1,766	17	0	1,816	2	6	1,898	8	3	1,894	11	10	1,905	16	10
5,000	2,242	12	6	2,491	3	0	2,514	16	6	2,598	0	3	2,594	1	10	2,605	6	10
10,000	3,217	12	6	3,714	17	0	3,587	17	6	3,672	8	3	3,668	6	10	3,679	11	10
24,000	4,005	2	6	5,201	17	0	4,411	11	6	4,497	0	3	4,492	16	10	4,504	1	10
50,000	4,655	2	6	7,151	17	0	5,061	11	6	5,147	0	3	5,142	16	10	5,154	1	10

Income per annum	1951–52			1952–53			1953–54			1954–55			1955–56			1956–57
£	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
312	312	0	0	314	18	4	317	17	0	317	17	0	315	14	0	315	5	0
416	415	2	0	418	18	4	421	17	0	421	17	0	419	14	0	419	5	0
520	501	10	0	518	8	4	521	14	6	521	14	6	523	14	0	523	5	0
624	582	13	6	608	17	10	614	2	0	614	2	0	621	17	0	621	8	0
780	694	14	0	731	12	4	739	12	0	737	12	0	750	2	3	749	13	3
1,000	831	2	0	888	10	4	900	13	0	900	13	0	916	2	0	915	13	0
1,500	1,141	2	0	1,204	4	4	1,225	12	0	1,225	12	0	1,252	3	6	1,251	14	6
2,000	1,450	2	6	1,518	12	10	1,549	9	0	1,549	9	0	1,585	19	0	1,585	10	0
3,000	1,862	5	0	1,931	19	4	1,987	9	6	1,987	9	6	2,049	1	0	2,048	12	0
5,000	2,511	15	0	2,581	3	4	2,686	7	6	2,686	7	6	2,798	3	0	2,797	4	0
10,000	3,461	0	0	3,529	19	4	3,759	14	6	3,759	14	6	3,996	16	0	3,996	7	0
24,000	3,935	10	0	4,104	7	4	4,683	18	0	4,683	18	0	5,271	2	6	5,270	13	6
50,000	3,935	10	0	4,754	7	4	5,983	18	0	5,983	18	0	7,221	2	6	7,220	13	6

Income per annum	1957–58			1958–59			1959–60			1960–61			1961–62			1962–63
£	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
312	313	6	4	307	6	10	307	0	4	307	0	4	305	16	6	305	5	8
416	417	6	4	411	6	10	411	0	4	411	0	4	409	16	6	409	5	8
520	521	6	4	515	6	10	515	0	4	515	0	4	511	10	6	510	19	8
624	619	11	7	613	14	4	614	12	10	614	12	10	607	5	0	606	14	2
780	747	19	4	741	19	10	745	19	4	745	19	4	733	5	2	732	14	4
1,000	913	14	4	908	1	7	916	6	7	916	6	7	904	8	5	903	17	7
1,500	1,250	4	4	1,244	4	10	1,266	17	4	1,266	17	4	1,255	11	2	1,255	0	4
2,000	1,584	17	10	1,578	18	4	1,616	2	7	1,616	2	7	1,604	16	5	1,604	5	7
3,000	2,178	4	10	2,172	16	4	2,239	3	4	2,239	3	4	2,227	17	2	2,303	3	10
5,000	3,098	19	4	3,093	12	10	3,222	10	1	3,222	10	1	3,210	8	5	3,656	9	1
10,000	4,575	14	4	4,570	9	10	4,866	6	1	4,866	6	1	4,853	16	8	6,094	0	4
24,000	5,887	3	4	5,882	2	4	6,702	18	7	6,702	18	7	6,690	9	2	8,467	8	4
50,000	7,837	3	4	7,832	2	4	9,627	18	7	9,627	18	7	9,615	9	2	11,392	8	4
NOTE
Surtax is due in the year following that for which it is charged. The rates of Surtax used for purposes of the Table are those payable in the year shewn on an income of the same amount for the preceding year.

The figures are as follows:

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many retirement pensioners are receiving a weekly supplement from the National Assistance Board in the Western Isles constituency.

At the end of March, 1962, the number of National Assistance supplements to retirement pension payable in the Western Isles was 573. Some of the supplements provided for the requirements of a household with more than one pensioner.

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many people in the Western Isles constituency are receiving National Assistance allowances; how many of them are receiving grants from the Board for extra fuel; and what is the average weekly amount of those grants.

At the end of March, 1962, 4,074 weekly National Assistance allowances, including supplements to retirement pension and other National Insurance benefits, were payable in the Western Isles. I regret that the other information asked for is not available.

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many retirement pensions were cancelled due to death during the months of January, February and March, 1961.

About 105,000.

asked the Minister of Power if he will list the eight opencast coal sites he has recently authorised.

Since last November, I have authorised the following nine sites:

• Poplars Extension West, Staffordshire.
• Newman Spinney, Derbyshire.
• Gurnos, Glamorganshire.
• Tyn-y-Cwm, Carmarthenshire.
• Gwendraeth, Carmarthenshire.
• Lambert's Colliery, Carmarthenshire.
• Ddolgam, Carmarthenshire.
• Pant Mawr, Brecknockshire.
• Cromford Canal Extension, Nottinghamshire.

asked the Minister of Power what objections he received against the authorisation of the recent fresh opencast coalmining sites; and to what extent he took into account opposition from private citizens, farmers, local authorities and those taking pride in amenity surroundings.

For the nine sites I have authorised since last November, I received five objections, four of which were subsequently withdrawn. The only objection not withdrawn related to the risk of damage to property from blasting operations, and I included appropriate provisions in the deemed planning conditions attached to my authorisation in order to minimise this danger.

asked the Minister of Power what is his estimate of the opencast coal output for 1962.

About 7½ million tons.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give details of developments he has in mind which will provide full employment in Coat-bridge and Airdrie and thus eliminate the serious existing unemployment problem.

There are at present about 8,000 jobs in prospect in the North Lanarkshire area from new building and other developments reported to the Board of Trade. Nearly fifty different firms are involved, covering a wide range of industries. These developments should do much to relieve unemployment in Coatbridge and Airdrie.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what further changes he proposes to make in the list of development districts.

I am satisfied that high and persistent unemployment is no longer to be expected in the Isle of Wight, Bodmin or Bargoed and I am accordingly removing them from the list of development districts.There are other districts which I hope soon to be able to remove from the list, but their prospects are not yet sufficiently definite to justify my doing so now. In order, however, to concentrate our efforts on the other development districts which still need assistance, I am now adding Filey, Scarborough and Pembroke Dock to those for which new applications for assistance under the Local Employment Act will no longer be accepted.I am adding to the list of districts eligible for assistance under the Act the following localities: Consett, Stanley and Wingate in County Durham and the Kirkcaldy group in Fife. I hope that this step will help to secure new industrial development for these places.

asked the Minister of Transport whether he will publish the findings of his traffic survey into the destination of the traffic at present passing through High Wycombe.

In general the results of traffic surveys do not readily lend themselves to publication but if the hon. Member will let me know on what specific points she would like to have information in relation to the High Wycombe traffic survey I will be pleased to let her have it.