the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs, whether he will announce the membership of the Water Resources Board.

The following have accepted invitations to serve on the Water Resources Board:

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs(1) what progress has been made in the past four years, following the issue of Circular 66/59, by local authorities responsible for seaside resorts in minimising the pollution of beaches; and whether he proposes to issue further advice on this subject in the near future;(2) if he will list the local authorities responsible for seaside resorts who have taken steps to reduce the pollution of

asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations and the Colonies what help Her Majesty's Government proposes to provide to relieve distress caused by the recent floods and earth tremors in Northern Tanganyika.

Floods resulting from exceptionally heavy rains this year, accompanied by earth tremors on 7th May, have caused much destruction in Northern Tanganyika and rendered many people homeless. I am sure that the House will wish to join me in expressing our sympathy to the Government of the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar in these misfortunes.The House will be glad to hear that at the request of the Government of the Republic helicopters of British Land Forces Kenya rescued many people marooned by the floods.As a further indication of our sympathy Her Majesty's Government have contributed £1,000 to the Tanganyika National Relief Fund for the flood and earthquake victims.Parliament will be asked, in due course, to approve the necessary Supplementary Estimate. In the meantime an advance has been made from the Civil Contingencies Fund.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give figures showing the amount of crime

asked the Minister of Health what steps he has taken to extend the procedure of some teaching hospitals which issue leaflets explaining their teaching activities to patients on admission, so that it covers all teaching hospitals.

I am advising all Boards of Governors of teaching hospitals that the procedure should be extended to all hospitals.

asked the Minister of Health (1) if he will state the names of the teaching hospitals which refuse treatment that is not urgent and can readily he obtained elsewhere, on the grounds that patients are unwilling to be used for teaching purposes;(2) if he will give the names of the teaching hospitals which have on certain occasions recommended a patient to attend at another hospital because the patient was not willing to be used for teaching purposes; and on how many occasions this has happened for each hospital.

Records have not been kept, but reports from the Royal Free, University College, King's College, St. Mary's and United Liverpool Hospitals in England and Wales in 1963 as compared with 1962.

The following table gives Indictable Offences the figures of indictable offences known to the police for 1962 and provisional figures for 1963, and shows the percentage variation between each of these years and the previous year:indicate that in recent years a very small number of patients with non-urgent conditions who have refused to take part in teaching or to wait until the conclusion of a teaching session, and who could not be seen by another doctor, have been recommended to attend another hospital.

asked the Minister of Labour what changes he now proposes to make in the arrangements for dealing with applications for vouchers under the Commonwealth Immigrants Act.

The very large number of applications in category C from India and Pakistan has produced a very long waiting list. It has therefore been decided that for the time being no further Indian or Pakistan non-priority applications will be accepted. Applications in category C will however continue to be accepted from persons who are entitled to priority because of previous service in Her Majesty's Forces. This decision does not affect Indian or Pakistan applicants already on the waiting list, who will continue to receive vouchers as and when their turn comes. It does not affect applicants from other Commonwealth countries for whom the waiting lists are not so long.

asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the British Broadcasting Corporation needs the authority of Her Majesty's Government to acquire from the administration of another country a licence to operate a station there; and whether the Corporation has obtained such authority for the radio station it is to operate on Ascension Island.

Under Articles 3(g) and (5) of its Charter, the B.B.C. is bound to obtain my written consent before it acquires any licence from the Government of any country or place overseas. This procedure was followed in the case of the radio station on Ascension Island; and it will of course be followed for any other such station.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what step are being taken to warn visitors to Aberdeen of unofficial restrictions in that City.

Wide publicity has already been given to the advice issued by the medical officer of health of Aberdeen that travel to and from the city should be reduced to the minimum, and to the other precautions which he has advised the citizens of Aberdeen to take.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is satisfied that adequate supplies for immediate T.A.B. inoculation are available for hospital doctors and nursing staffs in areas adjacent to Aberdeen; and whether he will make a statement.

Adequate supplies are immediately available for T.A.B. inoculation of hospital doctors and nursing staffs in areas adjacent to Aberdeen to maintain the existing high state of inoculation.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what further measures will be imposed or advised for the people of Aberdeenshire to make sure that the typhoid infection does not take the same grip in the countryside that it has in the City of Aberdeen.

There have been few cases of typhoid in Aberdeen County, and the best means of preventing any further spread is to maintain the strictest possible attention to personal hygiene and to avoid unnecessary visits to the city.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to receive a recommendation from the Scottish Joint Council on the draft Teachers' Salaries Regulations dealing with special allowance for Glasgow teachers; and what steps he is taking to ensure there is no delay in the matter.

I received a recommendation from the Scottish Joint Council for Teachers' Salaries that I should not make the Teachers' Salaries (Special Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations which were issued in draft last September, but should appoint a committee to consider other possible measures to increase the number of teachers in areas of shortage. I have accepted this recommendation and am arranging to appoint this committee.

asked the Minister of Transport what report has been submitted to him by the Transport Users' Consultative Committee dealing with the proposed closure of the Leeds (Central)—Castleford (Central)—Pontefract line for passenger services.

The Transport Users Consultative Committee for Yorkshire has reported to me on the hardship it thinks would arise if the services were withdrawn, and it has made proposals to alleviate it. I am considering its report.

asked the Minister of Transport what is the total amount paid to British Railways annually in fares during school holidays by children over 14 who are still attending school.

I am informed by the British Railways Board that information in the detail requested by the hon. Member is not available.

asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the delays in carrying out the widening of Long Road, Lowestoft; and, in view of the increasing traffic caused by new building and the existence of a bus route, what proposals he has for expediting the work.

It has not previously been possible to include this scheme in the classified roads programme because of other more urgent schemes. But it is included in next year's programme for schemes costing less than £100,000.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many new school places were provided in the City and County Borough of Carlisle in each year since 1945; and, of these, how many new places were in primary schools and how many in secondary schools.

The information is as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the value of major school building projects authorised in the City and County Borough of Carlisle in each year since 1945; and what is the value authorised for 1964, 1965, and 1966, respectively.

The information is as follows: