asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether, as a result of recent discussions between the British Government and the Government of Tanganyika, any modification has been made to the financial settlement with Tanganyika announced by the Secretary of State for the Colonies on 4th August, 1961.

Yes. In order to alleviate financial difficulties arising from delays in the receipt of funds from other sources, and from unforeseen expenditure consequent on floods and famines, the British Government have agreed that the Tanganyika Government may now draw on that part of the special gift of £4 million towards the Development Plan (amounting to £1⅓ million) which, under the terms of the statement to which my hon. Friend refers, would have been drawn between 1st July, 1963, and 30th June, 1964. The Tanganyika Government for their part have undertaken to spend equivalent sums on the purchase of British goods and services.£⅓ million will be made available for payments after 1st May, 1962, for British goods bought in Tanganyika, and £1 million will be paid to the Crown Agents by monthly instalments between May and October this year for the account of the Tanganyika Government, against that Government's undertaking to place through the Crown Agents new contracts for British goods and services to the value of £1 million by 31st October, 1962.Parliament will be asked to vote the necessary funds by a summer Supplementary Estimate. In the meantime the necessary advances will be obtained from the Civil Contingencies Fund.

asked the Minister of Health what action he proposes to take to reimburse general practitioners in cases where they have given vaccinations on the understanding that a payment of 5s. per vaccination would be made for all categories of patient, only to find that no payment or payments for restricted categories will be made.

None.

asked the Minister of Health what recent change has been made in the position whereby local health authorities pays a fee of 5s. to a general practitioner in respect of each vaccination notified; and if he will make a statement.

There has been no change. Subject to any general requirements, each local health authority decides the categories of vaccination for which it asks general practitioners to supply individual records. A fee of 5s. is payable by the authority for each such record.

asked the Minister of Health whether the sums deducted from the general practitioners' central pool in respect of fees received from local health authorities are refunded to those authorities making the original payments.

No.

asked the Minister of Education how many National Certificates in Commerce, ordinary and higher, respectively, were awarded in each of the years 1958 to 1961.

The numbers of Ordinary and Higher National Certificates in Commerce awarded in each of the years 1958 to 1961 are as follows:

asked the Minister of Education how many schemes have been approved for ordinary and higher national certificates in business studies, and ordinary national diplomas in business studies and how many students are following courses for each of these qualifications at present.

asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that, since the hearing of the tribunal recently considering the affair of the Hollymoor and Rubery Hospital Group, attempts have been made to interfere with the chairman in the performance of his duties; and what action he proposes to take in the matter.

This is a matter for the Hospital Management Committee in the first instance.

The numbers of schemes approved and under consideration for ordinary and higher national certificates and ordinary national diplomas in business studies, together with the numbers of students following established courses in the current academic year, are set out in the following table:

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what has been the result of his consideration of the representations made by local authorities who wish their areas to be excluded from his Greater London proposals.

I have already announced that the urban districts of Banstead, Caterham and Warlingham, and Walton and Weybridge should be regarded as falling outside Greater London.

asked the Minister of Labour what information he has received from the National Coal Board regarding the future employment requirements of their central workshops at Cowdenbeath.

I understand that the National Coal Board is examining the future employment requirements of these workshops.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many applications from Fife for financial assistance under the Local Employment Act, 1960, have been made; how many have been accepted; and how many have been refused.

Applications have been received for financial assistance for seven projects in Fife. Assistance has been offered in two cases, three have been rejected and the other two are under consideration.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many jobs are likely to be available in the Cowden-heath area in the next six months.

Out of the 1,200 jobs now in prospect from new building and other developments in the Dunfermline group of Employment Exchange areas, which includes Cowdenbeath, it is expected that some 450 to 500 may arise within the next six to twelve months.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proposals he has to deal with the present requirement that grant assistance for fishing vessels and engines can be given only for vessels or engines built in the United Kingdom.

It has been decided that having regard to the interests of the fishermen, for whom this assistance is provided, and to our international obligations, this requirement should be removed. It is intended that this decision will be put into effect in the schemes for grant assistance for the purchase of vessels and engines, which will be presented to Parliament under the Sea Fish Industry Bill when it has received the Royal Assent. A similar change will be made in the arrangements governing the provision of loan assistance for these purposes by the White Fish Authority and the Herring Industry Board.Any applicants for grants and loans who propose to have vessels built abroad will be required to provide evidence that British yards have been given an equal chance to compete.