asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress he has made in his inquiries into the problem arising from the continued existence of tax-free incomes arising from the private ownership of some toll bridges.

My right hon. Friend is having a review made of the whole matter of tax exemptions conferred by special Act of Parliament, of which these toll bridges are one aspect.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has considered the amalgamation of the two services of Customs Officers and the Waterguard.

The question of amalgamating these two branches of the Customs service has been considered on a number of occasions in recent years, but the conclusion has been that in view of the different nature of their work, requiring separate training, knowledge and experience, the present division is more convenient, and that amalgamation would not bring greater efficiency or economy.

asked the Secretary to the Treasury why the Treasury requires the return of compensation paid for loss of career and prospects to officers formerly in the India and Burma Services, when these officers are not offered permanent establishment under Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom until more than two years after leaving India or Burma.

I would refer my hon. Friend to the full explanation of this matter given by my hon. Friend the Economic Secretary on the Motion for the Adjournment on 1st November last.

asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether the compensation schemes for overseas officers whose appointments are terminated prematurely have to be approved by Her Majesty's Treasury; and whether Her Majesty's Treasury retains the right to designate which officers shall qualify and under what conditions.

Responsibility for looking after H.M.G.'s interest and concern in compensation schemes for overseas officers rests primarily with my right hon. Friend the Colonial Secretary. The Treasury are, of course, consulted in so far as these schemes involve expenditure from the U.K. Exchequer. In particular where a scheme is related to the provisions of the Overseas Services Act, 1961, my right hon. Friend seeks the consent of the Treasury, as required by the terms of the Act, to the general rules governing the designation of officers and the conditions under which they are to qualify.

asked the Secretary to the Treasury why former officers of the Burma and India Services, closed down in 1947, were allowed to accept permanent pensionable employment in the Colonial Service two years after leaving India and Burma without the necessity of surrendering their compensation for loss of career, whilst those officers who accepted permanent pensionable employment in the United Kingdom after the two-year period had to return the compensation.

If the permanent pensionable employment began within, or dated back to within the two-year period, officers were required in both cases to refund compensation. If it did not, no refund was required.

asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether the compensation paid to officers of the India and Burma Governments in 1947 was for loss of career and prospects or for some other reason.

The White Paper "India Compensation for the Services" (Cmnd. 7116) referred to arrangements "to compensate officers appointed by the Secretary of State for loss of career and prospects". The White Paper "Burma Compensation for the Services" (Cmnd. 7189) contained similar terms.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much it would cost if the minimum personal income figure on which tax is charged was raised to £500.

About £155 million. The estimate has been made on the assumption that where a wife is earning, both the husband and the wife would get the concession and that there would be a marginal provision for incomes just above f 500 with a fraction of eleven-twentieths.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent it will be necessary to increase the staff of the Customs and Excise in order to operate the new provisions relating to Purchase Tax under which henceforward goods made by any person for use in connection with his own business will be liable to the appropriate rate of Purchase Tax; and whether he has in mind any specific arrangements for dealing with such activities as the making of confectionery by hotels, restaurants and catering establishments for consumption on the premises as part of meals.

No increase in the staff of the Customs and Excise Department is necessary for this purpose. As to the second part of the Question, the general Purchase Tax provisions will apply in the case of the activities mentioned.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases in 1961, or the last convenient 12 monthly period, a prison visiting committee inflicted a punishment on an inmate and subsequently a court imposed an additional sentence on that inmate for the same offence.

There was one such case in 1961. My right hon. Friend has taken steps to bring to the notice of the Prison Commissioners and the police the desirability in such cases of treating the two forms of proceedings as alternative.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why a housemaster with 10 years' satisfactory service in an approved school on 1st April, 1962, must have reached the age of 45 years before qualifying for the housemaster's full maximum scale.

This is a matter for the Standing Joint Advisory Committee for Staffs of Children's Homes. The provision for long service to which the hon. Member refers applies only to unqualified housemasters who, on 1st April, 1962, had already reached the age above which staff are not normally accepted for training. The reason for inserting a minimum age is that it is hoped that such housemasters who were below the age of 45 on 1st April last will undertake a training course. Qualified housemasters can, of course, reach the full maximum scale at a younger age.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in the light of recent murder trials, he will introduce legislation to enable any person charged with murder to submit a plea of diminished responsibility as an alternative, and in addition, to a plea of not guilty.

No. My right hon. Friend is not convinced of the case for such legislation.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Commonwealth immigrants arrived in March, 1962; from which countries they came; and what were the corresponding figures for the preceding two years.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of Commonwealth immigrants for the period 1st January to 30th April, 1962; from which countries they principally came; and how these figures compare for each country with those of the corresponding period in 1961.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Commonwealth imigrants arrived in April, 1962; from which countries they came; and what were the corresponding figures for the preceding two years.

	1960		1961		1962		1st January-30th April
Estimated net inward movement from	March	April	March	April	March	April	1960	1961	1962
West Indies	3,300	4,630	5,810	8,330	6,910	4,860	9,800	18,550	17,900
East African territories	-40	20	150	220	160	250	-90	550	720
West African territories	-310	10	260	90	780	1,180	-570	480	3,290
Cyprus	170	160	190	80	320	-110	500	1,470	630
Gibraltar	Nil	-40	30	-50	-60	-50	-80	-120	-200
Malta	-70	-90	50	140	-20	170	-340	190	330
Aden	-40	10	10	10	10	40	10	50	-30
Hong Kong	Nil	100	30	230	260	670	140	410	1,270
Malaya	-150	50	-120	110	90	70	-200	-40	250
Singapore	-40	10	10	90	80	130	-50	190	360
India	10	480	1,760	1,410	3,330	2,710	960	4,960	10,450
Pakistan	-150	-120	2,100	1,670	4,760	4,900	-380	4,810	16,480
Ceylon	-160	-70	40	100	70	170	-320	40	440
Miscellaneous territories	-10	10	Nil	160	230	330	-20	300	1,100
	2,510	5,160	10,320	12,590	16,920	15,320	9,360	31,840	52,990

NOTES:1. A minus sign denotes a net

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what new remand homes are being built in the North-East; where they are situated; and when they will be completed.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that, in the North-East, places in remand homes are becoming difficult to find; and what steps he is taking to have more remand homes built.

My right hon. Friend is aware that there is a shortage of remand home accommodation in the North-East, and the Home Office has been in consultation on this problem with the local authorities, on whom the duty of providing remand homes rests. A new remand home for boys was opened in the West Riding last October and is being enlarged; and new and larger remand homes for boys are being provided by the Durham County Council at Penshaw, and by the County Boroughs of Leeds and Sheffield. These schemes, when completed, will provide 47 addi-

I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT the figures for March and April, together with totals for the first four months of the year for each of the last three years.tional places. Sixteen of these are already available in the West Riding, and 12 are expected in Sheffield this year. I am informed that the remainder should become available during the first half of 1963. Leeds City Council have also agreed to provide a new remand home for girls.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reply he has sent to the letter of 4th May 196, from the Liverpool city magistrates complaining that they must send young persons under 21 years of age to prison because there are insufficient places in detention centres, and asking for temporary accommodation to be provided pending the building of new detention centres.

I am sending the hon. Member a copy of the reply.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the report of the Royal Commission on the Police will be made.

I am informed that the Royal Commission have completed their final report and that it is likely that copies will be available on 31st May.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now appoint an additional inspector under the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876.

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 17th May to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Somerset, North (Mr. Leather).

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times the Advisory Committee appointed to assist him in the administration of the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876, met during the years 1959, 1960, and 1961, respectively.

In 1961 the Committee met once; in 1959 and 1960 they disposed of their cases without meeting.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many aliens seeking to enter the country for short periods and indefinitely, respectively, were refused permission for other reasons than ill-health or criminal records in 1961.

3,053 aliens were refused leave to land in 1961 for reasons other than ill-health or criminal record. The available figures do not differentiate between aliens intending short visits and those seeking to stay indefinitely.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the fact that a 15-year-old girl recently spent two nights in Paddington police stations before appearing in a juvenile court and that shortage of remand homes and children's homes brings dangerous influences to bear on young offenders and also other children who are the innocent victims of family troubles, what action he is taking to make available for this area more accommodation to enable the law to be administered more closely in line with the intentions of the statutes.

The London County Council is at present making extensive alterations to its Cumberlow Lodge girls' remand home which will increase its capacity by 70 per cent. The necessary building work is expected to be completed later this year.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what ante-natal care and advice is provided for women who are sent to prison when pregnant; to what extent it is his practice to release a prisoner, in such a case, before her child is born; and what arrangements are made for after-care when such a prisoner has no home to go to.

Ante-natal care and advice is provided by prison medical officers and, where appropriate, at the ante-natal clinics of outside hospitals. The prisoner is nearly always removed to an outside hospital for the confinement, except that a pregnant woman under sentence is usually released before her child is born if the expected date of the confinement is very near the due date of release. Where the woman is homeless, the after-care organisations arrange for her, if she wishes, to go to a mother and baby home or to accommodation provided by the local authority.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consider a higher rate of pay for school crossing patrols in the Metropolitan Police area coupled with a reduction of hours worked, with a view to attracting more applicants for this work.

I understand that an application for an increase of pay has been made to the Commissioner of Police on behalf of the school crossing patrols in the Metropolitan Police District. There is recognised negotiating machinery for this service, and it would not be right to comment while the claim is under consideration.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many youths between the ages of 17 and 21 years were convicted in England and Wales during 1961 of crimes of violence against the person; and what proportion of these were committed to detention centres and other penal institutions, respectively.

This information is expected to be available in about three weeks' time and I shall then write to my hon. Friend.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the peace-time and war-time establishment, and the present membership of the following sections and sub-sections of the Civil Defence Corps, namely: head-quarters section, intelligence and operations sub-section, signals sub-section, scientific and reconnaissance sub-section, warden section, rescue section, ambulance and first aid section, and welfare section.

Local authorities have been urged to recruit as many members of the Civil Defence Corps as they can, but there is no formal peace-time establishment. The national war duty establishment is not published. The membership of the Civil Defence Corps in England and Wales at 31st March, 1962, was:

Section		Strength
Headquarters*	…	52,618
Warden	…	63,271
Rescue	…	34,298
Ambulance and First Aid	…	56,716
Welfare	…	124,716
Not allocated to sections	…	5,044
Total	…	336,663
*Figures for the three sub-sections of the headquarters section are not available.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the establishment and present membership of fire brigades maintained by local authorities; what is the war-time establishment of the projected National Fire Service; and how many of the latter will be mobilised Royal Air Force reservists and how many members of the Auxiliary Fire Service.

The establishment and present membership of fire brigades maintained by local authorities in England and Wales are as follows:

——		Establishment	Strength
Whole-time	…	24,616	21,869
Part-time	…	18,242	14,349
Auxiliary Fire Service	…	72,776	19,180

No war-time establishment for the National Fire Service has been laid down. In an emergency all available members of fire brigades, including auxiliaries, and Royal Air Force Reservists trained in emergency fire-fighting would be mobilised into the National Fire Service.

asked the Minister of Education what progress has been made in the preparation of plans for an examination system in secondary schools at a level less exacting than that of the General Certificate of Education; and whether he will make a statement.

I understand that the Secondary School Examinations Council are hoping to publish conditions of approval for prospective examining bodies in the late summer. They also hope to make recommendations on the provisional recognition of some examining bodies in the spring of 1963.

asked the Minister of Education (1) what recommendations about action to be taken, in view of the teacher shortage, he has received from the National Advisory Council on the Training and Supply of Teachers;(2) what consultations he has had with representatives of the teachers and of the training college staffs about steps to be taken in view of the teacher shortage.

For some time representatives of the teachers, the training institutions and the employing authorities on the National Advisory Council have been considering both long-and short-term measures to deal with the shortage of teachers. I have already received the Council's long-term proposals and sent them direct to Lord Robbins' Committee on Higher Education. Since January the Council have been examining a number of short-term measures, including all those mentioned in last week's debate. Their discussions are continuing and the Chairman has told me that he will let me have their views as soon as possible.

asked the Minister of Education whether he will make a further statement on grant-aided nursery schools.

The shortage of women teachers for the primary schools makes it impossible to contemplate any increased employment of qualified teachers in nursery schools and classes. My policy on nursery education remains therefore as described in Circular 8/61.

asked the Minister of Education whether he will make a further statement on the results achieved regarding the Youth Service building programme to the value of £3 million for starts in 1960–62.

338 projects to a value of almost £3 million have been finally approved, and building work has started on 270 of these to a value of just over £2 million.

asked the Minister of Education (1) what was the percentage of senior pupils in maintained schools in oversize classes at the latest available date in schools in the areas of the local

New Schools
			Under construction at end of year			Completed during year
——			Primary	Secondary	Total	Primary	Secondary	Total
1952	…	…	724	333	1,057	375	57	432
1953	…	…	591	363	954	384	116	500
1954	…	…	407	426	833	436	160	596
1955	…	…	335	517	852	284	147	431
1956	…	…	328	635	963	225	214	439
1957	…	…	282	597	879	278	300	578
1958	…	…	225	407	632	221	375	596
1959	…	…	195	302	497	217	273	490
1950	…	…	244	259	503	225	187	412
1961	…	…	293	306	599	258	152	410

The table below gives the information as at January, 1961, the latest date for which it is as yet available. The figures for January, 1962, will be available in July or August.

L.E.A.		Percentage of pupils in oversize classes
		Junior	Senior
Durham	…	19·7	71·7
Darlington C.B.	…	26·3	72·8
Gateshead C.B.	…	26·8	69·1
South Shields C.B.	…	30·6	57·4
Sunderland C.B.	…	19·3	55·0
West Hartlepool C.B.	…	17·1	67·8

asked the Minister of Education if he will state, for the latest date for which figures are available, the numbers of new primary and secondary schools, respectively, under construction; and if he will circulate in HANSARD a table of figures giving this information for each of the last ten years.

At the end of 1961, 293 new primary schools and 306 new secondary schools were under construction. The following table gives similar figures for previous years, and also shows the number of new schools completed. Projects for extending or modernising existing schools are excluded.

asked the Minister of Education if he will now publish an analysis, based on the full returns made to his Department, of the 1961 General Certificate of Education results of secondary modern pupils, giving details of the numbers of subjects taken and the passes gained.

I regret that other urgent demands have delayed the analysis of the G.C.E. results beyond my expectation. I hope to let the hon. Member have the information he wants by the middle of July.

asked the Minister of Education if he will take action through the United Nations to secure and publish accurate comparative statistics about education in member States.

It would be helpful if there were a greater degree of certainty and true comparability in international statistics of education. In their contacts with U.N.E.S.C.O., and with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development who are also working in this field, officials of my Department bear this constantly in mind. But the difficulties arising from differences in organisation and conditions are immense and full comparability will not be achieved.

asked the Minister of Education if he will name the school-building projects for the excepted district of Newcastle-under-Lyme for 1963–64 Which he approved, and the projects Which have been submitted through the Staffordshire Education Authority for Newcastle-under-Lyme which he refused to approve for that year.

I approved projects for a new junior school at Roe Lane and for extensions to Knutton Secondary Modern School. Two other proposals which were not included in the programme were Roe Lane Infants School and Westlands Girls Secondary School.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will introduce legislation to ensure stricter control of fire precautions in all football grounds in the United Kingdom.

I think the hon. Member may have particularly in mind egress from stands. In England and Wales local authorities have adequate powers in that respect under the Public Health Act, 1936. I understand from the Minister of Home Affairs, Northern Ireland, that similar powers are available there under the Fire Services Act, (Northern Ireland), 1947. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland informs me that existing safeguards under the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1892, will be strengthened when regulations are made under the Building (Scotland) Act, 1959.

asked the Minister of Aviation what is the result of the police investigation into various allegations made about the exploitation of Pakistani immigrants by London taxi drivers at London Airport.

The police investigation, referred to by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations on 3rd May in reply to the hon. and learned Member for Ipswich (Mr. D. Foot), is concerned with allegations about exploitation of immigrants in this country in general, and not specifically with allegations regarding Heathrow. No special police investigation is being undertaken with regard to taxi-drivers at Heathrow, though naturally the Airport Police will co-operate in any way required in the wider investigation.I am aware that from time to time a small minority of taxi-drivers has endeavoured to exploit passengers arriving at Heathrow, including immigrants from Pakistan, and the Civil Aviation Constabulary are doing everything possible to prevent this.

asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the respective pay claims granted since the initial announcement of the pay pause policy.

Since the 25th July, 1961, settlements of claims in about 160 industries have been recorded. Details are published each month in the Ministry of Labour Gazette.

asked the Minister of Labour what steps have been taken by his Department to test the safety of cranes, used in the building industry, erected on narrow-based towers, some as high as 100 feet.

Under the Construction (Lifting Operations) Regulations, 1961, which came into effect on 1st March this year, all cranes, including tower

			Scotland		Midland Region
—			Boys wholly unemployed	Vacancies for boys	Boys wholly unemployed	Vacancies for boys
April, 1962	…	…	2,564	1,709	612*	4,511*
April, 1960	…	…	2,849	1,512	1,703	7,557
*In order to enable comparisons to be made between the two dates, these figures relate to the area of the Midlands Region as it was in April, 1960. Since that date the Region has been enlarged. The figures for the enlarged Region in April, 1962, are:—Boys wholly unemployed, 936; Vacancies for boys, 7,148.

asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the distress being caused to local residents by the smoke and fall-out from the chimney of Carlton Hayes Hospital, near Leicester; and if he will take steps to curb this nuisance.

Yes: automatic stokers are being installed.

asked the Postmaster-General if he will state the number of applicants waiting for telephone service at the Feltham and Hounslow Telephone

asked the Minister of Labour how many boys under 18 years of age are now wholly unemployed in the Scottish region and the Midland region, respectively; how many vacancies there are in each area for this age group; and what were the comparable figures in April, 1960.

The figures are as follows:Exchanges in May of this year, and the comparative figures for the same period in 1961.

Excluding orders under inquiry and in course of being met, there were, on the 1st May, 1962, 215 waiting applicants at Feltham and 51 at Hounslow. The figures for 1st May, 1961, were 245 and 152, respectively. Nearly 1,400 telephones were installed in Feltham and Hounslow during the period.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether there are any overseas territories where, by reason of grant-in-aid or for any other reason, the whole, or virtually the whole, cost of compensation schemes for loss of career by overseas officers is in practice borne by Her Majesty's Government.

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree (Mr. Tilney) on 19th Demember, 1961.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, when negotiating the Public Officers' Agreements with independent territories, pensions associations were consulted.

The pensions provisions of Public Officers' Agreements reflect the undertakings given by Her Majesty's Government in Colonial 306. Some pensions and staff associations have made their views known to Her Majesty's Government at the time of discussion on the content of particular Agreements, and those views have always been taken into account.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much filled milk is manufactured and sold in the United Kingdom.

There are no official statistics of manufacture and sale of skimmed milk with non-milk fat, but I have no reason to believe that they are other than small.

asked the Postmaster-General if he will now make a statement about Stage 3 of the British Broadcasting Corporation's plans for improving and extending their television and very high frequency sound coverage.

Yes. I have now given my approval in principle to proposals made by the B.B.C.—

• 1. to build low-power satellite television and V.H.F. sound stations in the following areas:
• Barnstaple.
• Bath.
• Cambridge.
• Carmarthen.
• Cheltenham/Gloucester
• Hereford.
• Kendal.
• Larne.
• Machynlleth.
• Newry.
• Northampton.
• Okehampton.
• Perth.
• Rothesay/Largs.

2. to build other satellite television stations in the following areas:

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many youths between the ages of 17 and 21 years were convicted in Scotland during 1961 of crimes of violence against the person; and what proportion of these were committed to the Perth detention centre and other penal institutions, respectively.

During 1961, 178 youths between the ages of 17 and 21 were convicted of crimes of violence against the person. Of these, 22 (12·3 per cent.) were committed to Perth detention centre; 53 (29·8 per cent.) were committed to prison; and 11 (6·2 per cent.) to borstal.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the f.o.b. value of British exports of radio and television receiving sets and tubes to Canada for the years 1950, 1960, 1961 and 1962; and to what extent exports will be affected by the 15 per cent. tariff asked for by the Electronic Industries Association of Canada.

I have already been in touch with my hon. Friend who has agreed to accept figures for the year 1952 in place of those for 1950, which are not readily available. The information is given below.As regards the second part of the Question, it is not possible to estimate the effect on our exports to Canada if a tariff of 15 per cent. were to be imposed.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what tariff or quota restrictions refer to British exports of radio and television receiving sets and tubes exported to the Commonwealth and the European Economic Community; and what tariff or quota changes have taken place since 1950.

The table below shows the tariffs and quotas affecting imports of domestic radio and television re

	Rates of Duty
	Radio Receiving Sets	Television Receiving Sets	Valves and Tubes	Quota Restrictions
Commonwealth Countries
Canada	Nil	Nil	Nil	None
Australia	27½%+£A5 each (27½% only for Crystal sets without amplifying device)	27½ %+£A25 each (without picture tube)	Nil (Cathode ray tubes, other than television picture tubes) £A6 each (television picture; tubes, whether or not incorporated in television receiving set)	None
			27½% or 2/6 each, whichever is greater (other valves and tubes)
New Zealand	33⅓% (to 30/6/62)32½ %(from 1/7/62)	33⅓% (to 30/6/62) 32½ %(from 1/7/62)	Nil	All imports subject to licence
				Radio and television sets: No allocation and import licences not granted unless circumstances most exceptional. Valves and tubes: Applications for import licences considered individually; for the year beginning 1.7.62 licences will be issued for valves and tubes, other than television picture tubes, for up to 75% by value of 1960 licences.
India	44% (plus excise duty as applicable to comparable Indian goods)	Not specifically provided for	44%	All imports subject to licences. No import licences issued except for spare parts
Pakistan	70%	70%	12½% (valves for radio-electric transmission). 70 % (valves for radio-electrical reception, ampli-fying valves and vacuum rectifying valves; tuning indicators). 30%; (other valves and tubes)	All imports subject to licence. No import licences issued except for import of spare parts of "Wireless reception instruments."

asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the f.o.b. value of British exports of radio and television receiving sets and tubes to the Commonwealth and the European Economic Community for the years 1950,1960,1961 and 1962; and what those figures are as

UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS
—	Total Exports	Exports to Common-wealth	Percentage of Total	Exports to E.E.C.	Percentage of Total
	(£'000)	(£'000)		(£'000)
Electronic and nucleonic valves and tubes
1952	3,645	1,562	43	586	16
1960	6,437	2,068	32	1,931	30
1961	9,267	2,414	26	3,761	41
January-March, 1962	2,320	504	22	882	38
OF WHICH—Cathode ray tubes
1952	126	65	52	30	24
1960	587	242	41	166	28
1961	1,357	593	44	545	40
January-March,1962	383	74	19	189	49
Radio receiving sets, domestic—complete
1952	3,854	1,620	42	103	3
1960	2,173	1,291	59	118	5
1961	1,904	1,012	53	63	3
January-March, 1962	313	154	49	15	5
Television receiving sets and chassis substantially assembled
1952	195	173	89	19	10
1960	1,031	381	37	138	13
1961	1,549	736	48	142	9
January-March, 1962	668	217	32	197	29

asked the president of the President of the Trade whether, in view of the current trade negotiations

I have already been in touch with my hon. Friend who has agreed to accept figures for the year 1952 in place of 1950 for which year figures are not readily available. The following is the information.with the Russian Government and the importance of the pottery industry to this country's export trade, he will press for the acceptance by the Russian authorities of an annual import quota of £25,000 to bring it into line with the present import quota for Russian pottery into this country.

The current visit to London of representatives of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Trade is for the Annual Review of the Five Year Trade Agreement of 1959. The purpose of this Review is to examine the general carrying out of the Agreement, and not to negotiate quotas for 1963, which will be the subject of separate discussions with the Soviet Trade Delegation in London later this year. I cannot accept that there should be equal quotas in each direction for particular classes of goods. The desire of the British pottery industry to export to Soviet Russia will, as always in the past, be kept in mind.

asked the Minister of Transport if he has decided to continue the one-way traffic experiment in Baker Street and Gloucester Place after 26th May.

I have decided to continue the experiment after 26th May for a further period of up to six months to obtain experience of the scheme under the heavier summer traffic conditions. Two-way working will, however, be restored in Glentworth Street, which forms part of the scheme, in order to overcome the difficulties of access from the North.

asked the Minister of Transport if he will give the expenditure, on the basis of the current road programme, which he estimates will be incurred in each of the five years 1962–63 to 1966–67 by central and local government on new construction for each of the following categories, namely, motorways, trunk roads, and classified roads, and on maintenance on all roads for each year in the same period.

The following is the answer: