asked the Minister of Education whether he will publish in Hansard a complete list of all projects of which his Department either stopped or delayed construction in the area covered by the Greater London Council for each of the years from 1951.

No. The preparation of such a list is not practicable, and could not but be inaccurate and misleading. For example a number of projects undergo changes and may subsequently be approved in a form different from that in which they originally appeared. I am writing to the hon. Member.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will move to set up a select committee to consider the use of diplomatic privilege.

No. This matter has just now been regulated by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which has been signed or acceded to by 71 States including the United Kingdom.

asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that, under his terms of service, a National Health Service General practitioner who is ill in hospital is still responsible for the acts and omissions of his deputy and for payment of any financial penalty imposed by the National Health Service as a result of those acts and omissions; and what action he is taking to amend the terms of service so as to alleviate the concern being caused to many general practitioners and their families.

The great majority of deputies are partners or other doctors who are themselves on the medical list and who are responsible for their own actions. Retention of responsibility by the appointing doctor in the remaining minority of cases is in accordance with the principle that practitioners on the list are responsible for the medical care of their National Health Service patients and are paid accordingly.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that, following the conviction of Christopher Simcox for the second time of murder, there is increased public concern with the efficiency of the existing prison medical services; what progress has been made by the committee appointed to review these medical services; whether the committee will now invite evidence to be given to them; and whether he will undertake to publish both the findings and recommendations.

I do not accept the implication in the first part of this Question. As I informed the hon. Member in my answer on 18th March, the working party has completed its work. Arrangements for the publication of its report are now in hand.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of persons committed to prison for non-compliance with orders for the payment of money during the most recent 12 months available for computation, in respect of county court orders, magistrates' orders for payment of separation and child allowances and affiliation orders, and for non-payment of fines, respectively.

The numbers of persons committed to prison during 1962 for non-compliance with such orders were as follows:

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he will give the average size in square feet, the average building cost, the average loan charges, and the total cost of three-bedroom local authority houses built in England and Wales for each year since 1951; how many such houses were built in each of these years; allowing for the depreciation of the £ and the reduction in size, what has been the real rise in the costs of production; and how many fewer houses would have been built had the average size of the houses not been reduced.

The following table gives the number of two-storey 3-bedroom houses, in tenders approved in each year, with the average tender prices and floor areas. My right hon. Friend does not have the information about loan charges and total costs needed to make the other calculations requested.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will publish a table in HANSARD giving, for the area covered by the Greater London Council, the names of the existing local authorities who have since October, 1951, been engaged on local authority house building, the number of local authority houses built by each council for each year since 1951, and the costs; and, taking 1951 as being equal to 100, what has been the percentage rise or fall in production of such houses for each year.

Such a table would contain over 3,500 entries and its compilation would entail a great deal of work. The house building figures are obtainable from the published Housing Returns. Figures of cost could not readily be provided in the form requested.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will give, for the various councils now included in the Greater London Council area, the number of louses which each council wanted to build in each year from 1951, and the actual number for which he granted building permission.

It would require a great deal of work to extract these figures and I do not think that it would be justified.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures giving the average size in square feet, the average building cost, the average annual loan charges and the total cost of three-bedroomed local authority houses built in the local authority areas comprising the Greater London Council for each year since 1951; and, taking 1951 as 100, what has been the percentage rise or fall in these respective figures to date.

I regret that this information is not readily available and could not be obtained or estimated without a very considerable amount of work.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he will publish in HANSARD a complete list of all projects of which his Department either prevented or delayed construction in the area covered by the Greater London Council for each year from 1951.

I regret that this information is not available.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what consultations he is having with the County Landowners' Association and the National Farmers' Union on the terms of acquisition of agricultural land required for new towns and urban expansion.

I am looking at this question, in consultation with my colleagues, and I propose in due course to have discussions with the National Farmers' Union and the County Landowners' Association.

asked the Minister of Labour how many jobs are at present being provided on the construction of the Tay Road Bridge at Dundee; and if he will give an estimate of the number of these jobs which have been filled by persons previously registered with the local employment exchanges.

The number of jobs at present provided is about 210. It is estimated that about 200 jobs have been filled by persons registered as unemployed, including 144 placed by the Dundee Employment Exchange.

asked the Postmaster-General what is the average total of overtime hours worked per week by postmen operating from the Lichfield, Staffordshire, head post office; and whether he is satisfied with this situation.

About 16 hours per week. I am not satisfied with this situation and I am doing all I can to recruit more postmen and so reduce the overtime.

asked the Minister of Transport whether he will take steps to ensure that all lorries and cars should have water squirts fitted to windscreen wipers.

Windscreen washers are now fitted to many new cars and I hope that this practice will be extended. I do not, however, consider that the installation of windscreen washers should be made compulsory for all cars and lorries.

asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the fact that in Pall Mall and other Westminster areas parking meters are sited behind the vehicle space contrary to the usual practice and persons have been subject to conviction and fine through putting the coin in the front meter, he will now prescribe a fixed position for meter location when approving meter schemes.

It would be impracticable for me to prescribe a fixed position for meters. Their siting is affected by such things as the width of the footpath, the positions of underground services and of other street furniture and is, therefore, properly a matter for the local authority.It is usual for the meter to be sited near the front end of the bay; twin meters are placed at the junction of two bays. The arrangement is sometimes temporarily affected by experimental schemes of one-way working. This is so in Pall Mall. The local authority usually alters the positions of the meters as soon as practicable after a decision has been taken about the continuance of the scheme beyond the experimental period.

asked the Minister of Transport if he will take steps to prevent the victims of accident by negligent driving of motor vehicles with Diplomatic Corps protection from being deprived of lawful compensation by a plea of diplomatic privilege.

No. There is diplomatic immunity in this respect, but foreign diplomats are expected to insure against their liabilities to third parties. I am not aware of any case where this has not been done. Insurance companies have undertaken to refrain from relying on the privileged status of a diplomatic client in motor insurance claims.

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance to what extent the services of his Department will be available to advise and assist the Harris Tweed industry in devising a method of arranging the employment of weavers, at present classed as self-employed, which would enable them to be classed as employed persons and qualify for unemployment insurance.

Under their existing conditions of employment, weavers in the Harris Tweed industry are properly classified as self-employed persons. Reorganisation of this industry is not a matter for my right hon. Friend, but the Ministry's officers are always ready to advise on the effects of a change in employment conditions on National Insurance classification and entitlement to benefits.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average cost of building a four-apartment local authority house in Stornoway in 1950–51; what were the total interest charges repayable over the 60-year loan period; and what are the corresponding figures at present building cost and interest levels.

Tenders approved in March, 1951, included 4-apartment houses in Stornoway costing £1,990. If that sum were borrowed at the Public Works Loan Board rate then current, repayment spread over 60 years on the normal annuity basis would involve interest charges to an arithmetical total of £2,313. Corresponding figures for tenders approved it November, 1963, are £2,668 cost and £6,854 interest charges.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average annual rent of Scottish Special Housing Association houses in Dundee, following the latest increase in rents, expressed as a percentage of the average gross annual value of these houses.

The average annual rent of the Association's houses in Dundee is 88 per cent of their average gross annual value.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of fishing vessels in each category in each island of the Outer Hebrides in 1939, 1946, 1951 and 1963, respectively.

The numbers of boats reported as fishing in the years mentioned are given below by islands and in size groups. These boats may be used at different seasons for different methods of fishing. Most of those in the under 40 feet category are small boats ranging from 16 feet upwards, and many of