asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will introduce legislation to control advertisements which rely for their effect upon the omission of relevant information or upon implications which are untrue rather than upon a direct mis-statement of facts.

No. But I hope in the new legislation to replace the Merchandise Marks Acts to make it an offence to include in advertisements false or misleading statements as to a wide range of trade descriptions relating to goods.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has yet decided on the site for a permanent National Exhibition Centre.

I expect to make a statement shortly.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what representations have been made to him by the printing industry in connection with the remissions of import duty paid on Koenig and Bauer Condor flatbed letterpress machines; and what reply he has sent.

Associations representing the printing industry made representations last year to the Board of Trade in support of duty remission for the machines concerned. The Board explained that before remission of duty could be recommended it was necessary to establish that similar machinery was not for the time being procurable in the United Kingdom, and therefore entitled to the protection of the tariff.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will introduce legislation to make it illegal to label containers with words indicating a price reduction unless the recommended price of the product is also clearly printed on the container.

I will bear the hon. Member's suggestion in mind in considering how the Molony Committee's recommendation for dealing with dual pricing could be implemented.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps are being taken by Her Majesty's Government to exploit to the full the export potential of the advanced gas-cooled reactor system for nuclear power; and if he will make a statement.

Steps have already been taken to secure full publicity overseas for the decision announced by my right hon. Friend on 25th May and further detailed information about the A.G.R. design will be made available by the C.E.G.B. when they have completed their negotiations with the industrial group concerned.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many dollars have been spent in buying fresh carrots from the United States of America during the quarter ended 31st March, 1965.

Imports from the U.S.A. were valued at£34,915 c.i.f.; I cannot say how much of this was paid in dollars.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many dollars have been spent in buying fresh celery from the United States of America in the quarter ended 31st March, 1965.

I regret that this information is not available.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will introduce legislation to stop the growing practice of manufacturers' agents offering gifts to retailers.

No.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will introduce legislation to end the free gift schemes coupled with the retail sale of many foodstuffs and household goods.

No.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is satisfied that the 25 per cent. building grant under the Local Employment Act 1963 is sufficiently attractive to induce industry to set up in remote areas such as the Highlands and the Rhins of Galloway; and if he will make a statement.

The building grant is only one of several forms of assistance available under the Local Employment Acts. Since 1960 assistance under these Acts totalling approximately£1¾ million has been offered to 116 projects in the Highlands and Islands and the Rhins of Galloway which are expected to provide about 2,300 additional jobs.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what consideration he has given to taking steps to acquire the "Queen Mary" and convert her to a floating exhibition of British products when her period of service as a passenger liner comes to an end.

None. I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for South Ayrshire (Mr. Emrys Hughes) on 21st January.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to assist small Scottish enterprises to export.

The whole range of Government services to exporters is available to small Scottish enterprises as to all other exporters and potential exporters.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will consider, during the negotiations for a new overall quota of cotton textiles imports, including all countries within the quota system so as to ensure that avoidance does not take place.

These quotas are negotiated in connection with the G.A.T.T. Long Term Arrangement which applies only to imports which threaten to disrupt our market. I am aware of the danger of avoidance and intend to watch developments closely.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the oil spill that fouled Southampton Water and damaged vessels in the Hamble River on 12th May was caused by a failure to connect properly the hoses between a road tanker and an industrial plant on shore, and that the spillage was thereafter pumped into Southampton Water; and if he will now conduct the necessary inquiries and prosecutions.

Careful inquiries by officials of the Board of Trade have failed to confirm the hon. and gallant Member's information. I have, however, written to him about other inquiries that are being made in an endeavour to establish the source of this pollution.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will include the Huntly employment exchange area in the development areas, in view of the high level of unemployment there.

I am not convinced that the level of unemployment in Huntly, which averaged 3·6 per cent. in the twelve months ending May, 1965, would justify me in listing it as a development district.

asked the President of the Board of Trade, in view of the£12 million rise in the trade gap in April, what estimate he has made of the extent to which this was due to a release of pent-up goods after 27th April, when the import surcharge was reduced from 15 per cent. to 10 per cent.; and whether he will make a statement.

Imports delayed to await the reduction of the import charge on the 27th April may have contributed slightly to the rise in imports in April and appear to have had a substantial effect in May.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many additional jobs he estimates will be provided in Coatbridge and Airdrie during the second half of 1965, in view of the unemployment in those areas.

Information on all jobs likely to be provided is not available. Jobs expected to arise from industrial building schemes approved, building or completed, and financially assisted schemes now total over 5,000. It is not possible to say how many of these will arise in 1965.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if the lifejacket recently demonstrated by the Parliamentary Secretary was made of kapok; and whether he considers lifejackets made of this material to be satisfactory.

the lifejacket was made of kapok protected by a covering of P.V.C. I consider this material, which has proved its worth over many years, to be satisfactory.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what are the types and manufacturers' names of the lifejackets which have been submitted for his approval.

In addition to the Board of Trade standard lifejacket, which may be made by all approved manufacturers, the Board of Trade have so far approved the Type "A" lifejacket made by McLintock Ltd. of Barnsley and the "Plastazote" lifejacket made by Expanded Rubber Plastics Ltd. of Croydon. The Board have also provisionally approved the McLintock Type "B" lifejacket and the Spinova lifejacket made by the Nicki Clothing Co. (Isle of Man) Ltd. subject to settlement of certain technical details.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will take steps to introduce an autumn Bank Holiday on the third Monday in October and to replace Easter Monday Bank Holiday by a spring Bank Holiday on the third Monday in April.

No.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what progress has been made with the advance factory at Cumnock, Ayrshire.

The contract is about to be awarded. Construction should begin soon thereafter and the factory be ready for occupation in the first quarter of next year.

asked the President of the Board of Trade in view of the need for providing employment for women workers and workers fit only for light employment in the Dalmellington area of Ayrshire, if he will approve an advance factory in the Doon Valley.

The Doon Valley is not in a development district. I have no powers to authorise the construction of an advance factory there.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a report on his activities and on the policy he supported at the Trade and Development Board at Geneva during the first session which concluded on 30th April; and if it is his policy to support in future all proposals for an expansion of world trade in all forms.

The first session of the Trade and Development Board, which took place in New York in April, was concerned in the main with determining the future activities of the Board and the terms of reference, composition and work programmes of its permanent committees. The United Kingdom Delegation, which was led by an official of my Department, played a constructive part in these matters. It is the Government's policy to work for the expansion of world trade, including the trade of developing countries.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give details of the nature and extent of the sale of new or secondhand arms from Great Britain to Peru over the past five years.

It is not the practice to disclose details of arms sales to other countries.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that in the first four months of 1965 Great Britain supplied only£16·7 million of Japan's total imports of£956 million; and what steps he is taking to increase the United Kingdom's exports to that country.

The figures given in the question are not strictly comparable. In the first three months of 1965, out of total imports of£703 million recorded in Japan,£16 million came from the United Kingdom. There is great scope for British exporters to increase their exports to this market, and the Government are giving substantial support to the British Exhibition and British Fortnight which will open in Tokyo on the 17th September. These events should give a most valuable impetus to our exports.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is satisfied with the number of British exhibitors who are participating in the British Tokyo Exhibition in September this year; and what major manufacturing industries have so far not signified their intention to exhibit.

Yes. I refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Leigh (Mr. Boardman) on 14th June.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will increase the loan fund of the National Film Finance Corporation, as recommended in the Annual Report of the British Film Producers' Association, in order to assist British film producers to meet the costs of the expensive productions which would compete in world markets and so aid the balance of payments.

My right hon. Friend is aware of the Report, to which my hon. Friend has referred. The National Film Finance Corporation's statutory power to make loans expires in March 1967 and my right hon. Friend is, therefore, considering the Corporation's future rôle.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many new manufacturing firms have been estabished in the Isle of Wight since 1959; how many additional employment opportunities have been created for men and women by the new firms and the expansion of existing organisations; and how many jobs are in prospect for men and women.

Since 1959, twelve firms have established new manufacturing units on the Isle of Wight and these, together with the expansion of existing organisations, have provided employment opportunities for 1,230 men and 770 women. It is estimated that there are at present 675 jobs in prospect for men and 230 for women.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Far East is the only area to which exports of footwear declined in both quantity and value in 1964 compared with 1963; and to what reason he attributes the decline.

Exports of footwear of all kinds to the Far East fell in value by less than£15,000 in 1964 compared with 1963. In the same period there were larger falls in shipments to a few other markets, but our total exports increased by more than£1 million.I am not in a position to give reasons for the slight decline in exports to the Far East, particularly as figures are not yet available showing what changes took place in the total imports of the area, and in the imports from other supplying countries.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many industrial development certificates have been issued in Scotland for the first four months of 1965; what is the estimated number of new jobs expected to arise therefrom; and what were the corresponding figures for 1964.

Eighty-four, with an estimated employment of 7,960. The corresponding figures for the same period last year were seventy-one and 4,170.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what has been the total expenditure in the Scottish Highlands under the terms of the Local Employment Acts since their inception in 1959; how many industrial development certificates have been issued; and how many new jobs have been created for men and women, respectively.

From April, 1960, to April, 1965, assistance of£1·7 million was offered in respect of 117 projects. Fifteen industrial development certificates were issued for projects expected to employ 680 males and 290 females.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what advisory services he has within his Department which are available to British firms showing at international exhibitions.

The Board of Trade publish a booklet called "Trade Fairs Help Exports" which summarises the advisory services available from the Department and contains hints for small exhibitors. I am sending my hon. Friend a copy. In addition, intending exhibitors in overseas fairs can obtain information about local market conditions, tariffs, agencies and so forth from the Export Services Branch of the Board.

asked the President of the Board of Trade to what extent the six committees of the Commonwealth Exports Council co-ordinate their activities with those of other exports councils covering non-Commonwealth countries in the geographical regions with which the committees are concerned.

Under the general supervision of the British National Export Council and the Commonwealth Export Council there is full co-ordination of the activities of the area committees of the two Councils.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what consultations he has had about the proposed consortium to export complete hospitals by Hospital Building Associates; and what were the results.

I am aware of the admirable efforts being made by this and other consortia to export complete hospitals and equipment and the Board of Trade is giving them all possible help.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he is satisfied that the provisions of the Education Acts of 1944 and 1946 for religious worship are being properly carried out; and what proposal he has to strengthen them.

No evidence that schools fail to observe the provisions of the Education Acts relating to religious worship has come to me, and I have no proposals for a change in the law.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a list of those education authorities which are either implementing or making concrete plans for the reorganisation of secondary education on comprehensive lines.

It is not practicable to give exact information as the situation is one of constant development. The following lists are based on the latest information available in my Department.

I. Authorities with one or more comprehensive school at January 1965, according to current statistical classifications.
English Counties
Buckinghamshire	Oxfordshire
Cornwall.	Somerset
Cumberland	Staffordshire
Derbyshire	Suffolk West
Devon	Warwickshire
Dorset	Westmorland
Essex	Yorkshire, East Riding
Gloucestershire
Hertfordshire*	Yorkshire, West Riding
Lancashire
Nottinghamshire
English County Boroughs
Birmingham	Manchester
Bradford	Newcastle - upon- Tyne
Bristol
Coventry	Nottingham
Grimsby	Sheffield
Kingston-upon-Hull	Sunderland
Leeds	Walsall
Liverpool	West Bromwich
Inner London Education Authority
Outer London Boroughs
Havering*	Hillingdon*
Welsh Counties
Anglesey	Glamorgan
Breconshire	Merioneth
Caernarvonshire	Monmouthshire
Cardiganshire	Montgomeryshire
Carmarthenshire	Pembrokeshire
Denbighshire
Welsh County Boroughs
Newport	Swansea

II. Other Authorities known to be making plans for secondary reorganisation in the whole or part of their areas.
English Counties
Durham	Northamptonshire
Huntingdon and Peterborough Joint Board	Shropshire
	Suffolk East
	Surrey.
Kent	Sussex West
Leicestershire	Wiltshire
Lincolnshire (Lindsey)

English County Boroughs
Blackburn	Rochdale
Darlington	St. Helens
Doncaster	Southport
Leicester	Stoke-on-Trent
Lincoln	Wakefield
Middlesbrough	Wigan
Oldham	Worcester
Preston
Outer London Boroughs
Croydon	Newham
Welsh Counties
Flintshire	Radnorshire
Welsh County Boroughs
Cardiff	Merthyr Tydfil
* Comprehensive schools in operation at January 1965, but included within the revised local education authority areas operative from April 1965.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a list of education authorities whose approved plans for secondary education are based exclusively on a comprehensive system in the whole of their area.

There are at present three authorities whose maintained secondary school provision is wholly comprehensive—Anglesey, Montgomeryshire and Merioneth.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the estimated total cost of carrying out the proposals for building an Opera House and National Theatre on the South Bank as recently submitted to him; and if he will make a statement.

The estimated cost of building the proposed Opera House and National Theatre is£9½million. To this has to be added the cost of the proposed sub-structure and surrounds. This has been roughly estimated at£5 million and would include provision for car parking facilities part of which would not be used exclusively for the Opera House and Theatre. These estimates, which are based on present costs, do not include professional fees. These proposals are now under consideration by the Greater London Council and my Department.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will examine the case sent to him by the hon. Member for Lichfield and Tamworth concerning the inability of a constituent, who has secured both technical and secretarial passes at a Staffordshire agricultural educational institution, to find suitable employment; and if he will examine the problems of the syllabi at this institution which have led to qualified students being unable to find employment.

I will write to my hon. Friend when my enquiries are complete.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions during the past year prosecutions were brought in the Metropolitan area against drivers for sounding their horns when their vehicle was stationary; and in how many cases such prosecutions were followed by a fine.

I am informed that during 1964 there were two prosecutions, both followed by a fine.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in the interests of greater efficiency, he will introduce legislation to nationalise the fire service.

The fire service provided by local authorities maintains a generally high standard of efficiency and I have no present plans for its nationalisation.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is satisfied that existing penalties contained in Section 31 of the Fire Services Act, 1947, are adequate to deter false alarms given to the fire service; and if he will make a statement.

My right hon. and learned Friend deplores the increase in the numbers of malicious false alarms given to fire brigades, but he is not at present satisfied that heavier penalties would improve matters. He will however keep this matter under review.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department by what criteria he is guided in refusing entry to prospective immigrants, other than members of the Commonwealth, when their relations or friends have made application for such entry.

Foreigners are not admitted as permanent immigrants simply to join friends. Admission to live with relations is in general confined to wives and minor children and certain categories of elderly or distressed close relatives.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints about nuisance caused by the United Retaining Service factory in Furness Road, N.W.10, have been received this year; how many warnings have been given by the police; and when he expects that the nuisance will cease.

No complaints have been received, and no warnings have been given, by the police this year about obstruction.I understand that the firm may move soon to another site.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now bring up to date the figures given in the Home Office Report, Murder, to show the number of murders known to the police in 1964, the number of offences reduced to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility, and the estimated numbers of capital and non-capital offences.

The information requested is given in the following tables, which include provisional figures for 1964 in addition to the figures for earlier years which I gave on 11th December, 1964, in reply to a Question by the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Handsworth (Sir E. Boyle).

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he now proposes to introduce legislation to carry out the Crathorne Report.

I am sorry that I am not yet in a position to make a statement on this matter, but I hope to be able to do so shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of betting shops that have been licensed; if he will introduce legislation to stop all further licences; and if he will make a statement.

On 1st June, 1964, the latest date for which figures are available, the total number of betting offices in Great Britain was 15,025. My right hon. and learned Friend is keeping this matter under review, but he has no proposals at present for amending legislation.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the fatal accidents that have occurred, he will strengthen the regulations governing the carriage of dangerous liquids, including petroleum, by road, pending international agreement.

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave on 20th May in reply to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Stockport, North (Mr. Gregory).

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the grave conditions of drought and famine in Bechuanaland, he will arrange for emergency supplies of food both for the population and for their cattle to be made available in the territory.

With the generous help of the World Food Programme and the U.S. Government, arrangements are already being made for the provision of emergency food supplies for the population. Her Majesty's Government are providing£150,000 for the distribution of these supplies, for a programme of borehole drillings to open up new grazing areas for cattle, and for enabling an early start to be made on development projects which are heavy employers of labour. In addition the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief are generously providing£35,00 towards various relief projects.A further report from the Bechuanaland Government is awaited, and on its receipt the provision of further assistance will be considered.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of the special housing difficulties caused by the influx of refugees in Gibraltar; and what assistance he proposes to give to expedite the housing programme.

Yes. My hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies announced during the Adjournment debate on 15th April the increased aid which it is proposed to make available to Gibraltar under the new Overseas Development and Service Bill. I understand that the Gibraltar Government proposes to devote a proportion of the new funds to house building. In addition the Ministry of Overseas Development is considering what other steps can usefully be taken through technical assistance to help increase the rate of construction.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will now make a statement on the proposals for the economic development of Gibraltar to overcome the Spanish blockade.

The Government of Gibraltar have now completed their examination of the report of my Senior Economic Adviser on the economy of Gibraltar. I have just received their views and a progress report, which are being studied. The Financial and Development Secretary of the Gibraltar Government is shortly coming to London for discussions.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the need for further work on Eyemouth Harbour in the interests of safety and efficiency; and whether he will approve financial support from Government funds.

I am aware that skippers and owners of fishing vessels using Eye-mouth Harbour have petitioned the Harbour Trust to the effect that boats entering and berthing are being damaged and I understand that the trust is seeking the advice of its consulting engineers. Any request for further Government assistance would be considered on its merits.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why he recommended local authorities in Scotland to grant schoolchildren a day's holiday to mark the anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta; what representations he has received regarding his decision and what reply he has sent; how many local authorities have rejected his advice; what percentage of schoolchildren in Scotland did not receive the holiday in consequence; and if he will make a statement.

I am sending the hon. Member a copy of the memorandum which was issued to education authorities and which explained the reasons for drawing attention to the anniversaries of Magna Carta and Parliament. I have received 17 letters about the matter, all of which have been acknowledged. Since it is entirely a matter for the authorities whether to adopt the suggestion about a holiday I have not asked them to report their decisions.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the reason for the shortage of cement in the North-East of Scotland; where supplies are now coming from; whether imports have been stopped; and if he will make a statement.

I have been asked to reply.Of the cement used in Scotland, some is produced locally and some is brought in from England or imported from abroad. Supplies in Scotland are affected by the position over Great Britain as a whole, and although total deliveries are 5 per cent. higher than they were a year ago a marginal gap has appeared between demand and supply. Supplies from increased home capacity and from temporary imports are however rising, and the gap should be steadily narrowed.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total sum the Government have borrowed from overseas sources since 15th October, 1964.

As was announced on 2nd June, short-term debt under the$3,000 million credit facilities has been repaid. Drawings on the I.M.F. last December and in May amount to the equivalent. of£857 million and a further£43 million has been received under parallel, bilateral credit arrangements with Switzerland.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to use his powers under the Exchange Control Act to purchase for sterling the dollar securities now held by United Kingdom citizens.

The Exchange Control Act 1947 gives no such powers, and I have no present intention of taking them.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has for restrictions on the allowance of foreign currency for holiday travel.

As I informed the House in my Budget Speech, I do not propose to do this.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer into which category of exceptions to Her Majesty's Government's Incomes Policy, as outlined in paragraph 15 in the White Paper on Prices and. Incomes Policy, the increase in salary for income tax inspectors of between 6½and 11 per cent., back-dated to 1st January, 1965, comes.

As my right hon. Friend the First Secretary of State explained to the House on Tuesday, 11th May, 1965, pay revisions in the Civil Service are based on the Priestley Commission principle of "fair comparison" with comparable outside employment.As an alternative to a pay research survey the Inland Revenue grade of Tax Inspector was the subject of a pay review under the terms of the 1964 Civil Service Pay Agreement; and in accordance with that Agreement 1st January, 1964, was the operative date of the increases resulting from the review.The new rates of pay gave increases over existing pay of 6·5 per cent. at the minimum and 10·9 per cent. at the maximum with somewhat larger increases at other points on the scale. The compounded annual rate of increase at the maximum over the period since October, 1958, when the last increase based on outside evidence was given, is 4·7 per cent.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he

DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
		For conversion purposes				For improvement purposes
		To the local authority	To housing associations	To owner occupiers	To other private owners	To the local authority	To housing associations	To owner occupiers	To other private owners
1960	…	143	—	12	29	28	6	235	278
1961	…	164	—	1	16	91	—	201	241
1962	…	18	—	11	26	60	—	166	155
1963	…	39	—	2	20	85	—	266	358
1964	…	1	—	6	36	34	—	428	538

STANDARD GRANTS
—			To the local authority	To housing associations	To owner occupiers	To other private owners
1960	…	…	—	—	82	99
1961	…	…	—	—	75	24
1962	…	…	—	—	66	78
1963	…	…	—	—	84	20
1964	…	…	—	—	105	57

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will give the annual number of houses cleared by the Leeds Corporation under slum clearance legislation in the quinquennial period 1960–64.

The information is as follows:

				Number of houses cleared
1960	…	…	…	2,169*
1961	…	…	…	2,609
1962	…	…	…	2,183
1963	…	…	…	1,732
1964	…	…	…	2,181
* 1960 figure estimated.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will give the annual number of housing units built for the Leeds Corporation in the quinquennial period 1960–64.

Details of the grants made are set out in the tables below:

The information is as follows:

				Number of housing units
1960	…	…	…	2,962
1961	…	…	…	1,545
1962	…	…	…	1,273
1963	…	…	…	1,523
1964	…	…	…	2,212

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government when he expects that the report of the Boundary Commission for the North-West Area will be received.

I do not expect the report of the Local Government Commission on the North-Western General Review Area until 1967. The Commission have not yet published their draft proposals for the area and when they have done so they will have to allow for the making of representations before holding the necessary statutory conferences with local authorities and other public bodies. All this takes some time to accomplish and I doubt whether the Commission will be ready to begin considering their report and final proposals until well into next year.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimate he has formed of the effect on British salmon fisheries of the expansion of salmon netting off the coast of Greenland; and if he will make a statement.

The salmon netting industry off the coast of Greenland has increased considerably in recent years, and it is known from tagging of fish that the catches include salmon derived from British rivers as well as other European and North American rivers. The number of tagged fish of British origin caught in Greenland is up to the present time very small compared with the number of such fish caught in British waters.As indicated in the replies by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland to Questions on this subject on 2nd and 4th June further investigations are proceeding to enable a better assessment to be made of the possible effect on British fishing of this development.

asked the Minister of Aviation if he will have consultations with all Government airlines and private airlines who cover great distances over oceans and deserts in order to offer the provision of seastations and lighthouses which would have maintenance crews, helicopter landing decks, and contact for all aircraft, including radio, radar, and navigational equipment, and could main? tain contacts with each seastation and the mainland by submarine or other cable.

My department is already considering the possible applications of seastations to transoceanic air traffic control and has already initiated discussions on the subject both at the recent North Atlantic Regional Meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organisation and at the International Air Transport Association Air Navigation Conference.

asked the Postmaster-General, if he will seek power to publish the audience ratings for the sound programmes emanating from Cardiff and its subsidiary stations.

asked the Postmaster-General if he will seek power to publish the Television Audience Measurement ratings for B.B.C. 1, B.B.C. Wales, T.W.W. and Wales and West.

asked the Postmaster-General (1) if he will take steps to arrange that the British Broadcasting Corporation's audience measurements for B.B.C. 1 Wales and B.B.C. Wales should be published;(2) what estimate has been made as to the audience usage of the channel allocated to B.B.C. Wales.

asked the Postmaster-General what estimate has been made as to the extent of the adaptation of receivers to obtain B.B.C. Wales in areas of Wales that can receive it and B.B.C. 1.

Audience research, in common with other aspects of programming, is a matter not for me but for the broadcasting authorities themselves.

asked the Postmaster-General what steps are being taken to deal with the shadow areas of television reception in Wales.

asked the Postmaster-General what steps are being taken to improve television reception in the present bad reception areas in Wales.

It is, of course, for the broadcasting authorities in the first place to consider what measures to take in order to improve the reception and extend the coverage of their services.The B.B.C. expect to open stations at Machynlleth later this month, at Moel-y-Parc in the autumn of this year; at Cardigan, Dolgellau, Llangollen and Llanidloes during 1966; and are considering which other areas to include in a further stage of their plan to improve and extend their services. The I.T.A. are also considering further improvements in areas where their service is at present unsatisfactory.

asked the Minister of Power if he will make a statement on the research project resulting in the development of the remotely operated longwall face coal cutting machines, including power advanced supports for all level and inclined seams, and on its potentialities in the export market.

The project so far developed has undergone prolonged underground trials with encouraging results. Development work continues and additional installations, which will enable further improvements to be made, are currently being planned. The coal cutting and power loading machines and powered supports, which make up a large part of the installations, are standard mining equipment and are already exported. When further knowledge has been gained of the remote control equipment which is the distinctive feature of the installations, the export potentialities of this system might become substantial.

asked the Minister of Technology what proportion of expenditure by his Department on civil research is in Scotland.

It is estimated that in the year 1965–66 about 16 per cent. of my Department's expenditure on civil research and development will be in Scotland.

asked the Minister of Transport what organisations have written to him regarding the closure of the East Suffolk line; if he considers this a major closure; and if he will make a statement.

The following is a list of organisations from which I have received correspondence about the proposal:

• Southwold Borough Council
• Saxmundham Urban District Council
• Deben Rural District Council
• The Parish Councils of Laxfield, Melton, Middleton, Snape, Rendham and Wickham
• Eastern Regional Board for Industry
• Ipswich and District Trades Council
• Lowestoft and District Trades Council
• Saxmundham and District Chamber of Trade
• Beccles Borough Labour Party
• Eastern Regional Council of the Labour Party
• Eye Labour Party
• Ipswich Borough Labour Party
• Lowestoft Labour Party
• Ipswich Liberal Association
• N.U.R. Lowestoft No. 2 Branch
• East Anglian Permanent Holiday Camp Association
• East Anglia District Synod, Methodist Church
• Railway Invigoration Society
• The East Suffolk County Federation of Women's Institutes and twelve individual Institutes.

I cannot form a view of the proposal until I have received and studied the report of the Transport Users Consultative Committee on hardship together with all other relevant factors.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what applications he has received from Welsh river authorities under the provisions of Section 25 of the Water Resources Act, 1963, to except areas of Wales from the licensing arrangements for abstractors of water laid down in that Act; and when he will give his decisions on these applications.

One—from the Gwynedd River Authority. Their application was first advertised on 3rd June and, because any objection made within 28 days of that date will necessitate the holding of a public inquiry or a hearing, I cannot say when my decision will be given.

asked the Minister of Transport for what reasons he has refused to authorise a controlled pedestrian crossing at the junction of the re-constructed section of the A.51 at the crossing with Redbrook Lane, Rugeley, in view of previous undertakings that such a crossing would be provided, and of the children's play facilities provided on the opposite side of the A.51 and used by children living in the newly developed estates in the area; and if he is aware of the disquiet about this matter in Rugeley.

I am not aware of previous undertakings to provide a controlled pedestrian crossing here; in any case according to the criteria applied generally the numbers of vehicles and pedestrians do not justify either a controlled or an uncontrolled crossing. The newly-improved road has a central reservation which should make crossing easier. For young children, the best safety precaution is to cross the road under adult supervision.