asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the susceptibility to leptospirosis of Charolais cattle imported into the United Kingdom; and what effect this will have on breeding stocks in Scotland.

I am aware that some of the Charolais cattle recently imported were found to be infected with leptospirosis, but there is no evidence that they are any more susceptible to the disease than any other breed. The rest of the animals have now been released after being repeatedly tested with satisfactory results and there are no grounds for expecting any ill effects to breeding stocks anywhere in this country.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give an estimate of the average percentage rise in rates which will take place in Scotland in 1966.

I do not yet have the information on which to base a firm estimate.

Name	Capacity	Part-time/Whole-time	Annual Salary Payable	Date of Appointment	Length of Appointment (or date of expiry)
Highlands and Islands Development Board
Prof. R. Grieve	Chairman	Whole	£7,000	1.11.65	5 years
J. M. Rollo	Deputy Chairman	Whole	£5,500	1.11.65	5 years
John C. Robertson	Member	Whole	£4,500	1.11.65	5 years
P. Smith	Member	Whole	£4,500	1.11.65	5 years
W. Scholes	Member	Part	£1,200	1.11.65	3 years
Scottish Milk Marketing Board
D. H. Ross, T.D., M.A., B.L.	Member	Part	Remuneration determined by producers	15.8.64	3 years
J. A. Keyden, C.A.	Member	Part		1.10.63	3 years
Aberdeen and District Milk Marketing Board
B. W. Tawse, M.A., A.M.I.C.E.	Member	Part	Remuneration determined by producers	23.9.63	3 years
Prof. F. MacRitchie, M.A., LL.B.	Member	Part		23.9.63	3 years
North of Scotland Milk Marketing Board
R. A. McWilliam, B.L., C.A.	Member	Part	Remuneration determined by producers	1.9.64	3 years
S. Kirkland	Member	Part		13.7.63	3 years

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give particulars of cervical cancer screening services available to women who desire them in Greenock.

A cervical cytology service is provided at Paisley for women from Greenock with actual symptoms. The hospital authorities are very much aware of the need to extend the service to cover all women at risk and plan to enlarge the laboratory accommodation in Greenock to allow for this.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish annually a White Paper showing all appointments made by him to public authorities, boards, advisory and consultative committees and similar bodies, and giving details of salaries or allowances payable where applicable, and the dates and length of such appointments.

I do not think that the publication of a White Paper would be justified. However, salaried appointments which are not included in the White Paper on Public Boards or in the Imperial Calendar are as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what schools in Glasgow are State-aided; how many pupils attend each school; how many in

GRANT-AIDED SCHOOLS IN GLASGOW
(1)		(2)	(3)	(4)
Name of School		Number of pupils	Number of teachers	Pupil-Teacher Ratio Col. 2/Col. 3
Craigholme School	…	454	27	16·8
Hutcheson's Boys Grammar School	…	833	96	18·2
Hutcheson's Girls' Grammar School	…	919
Kelvinside Academy	…	626	35	17·9
Laurel Bank School	…	605	39	15·5
St. Aloysius' College	…	754	39	19·3
Westbourne School for Girls	…	554	33	16·8
The Park School	…	486	34	14·3
Jordanhill College of Education Demonstration School	…	1,068	50	21·4
Totals	…	6,299	353	17·8
I have no information about the numbers of pupils of these schools who live outwith the City.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will now authorise the Scottish White Fish Authority to operate a minimum pricing scheme for white fish.

No. No such proposition has been put to me.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that his prison regulation that a sentence must be served in the country in which it is imposed inflicts on Scottish prisoners sentenced in England an additional hardship because it prevents or impedes their receiving visits from relatives, imposes expense and trouble on the relatives and increases traffic in the transport services; and if he will change this regulation so as to allow such prisoners to be transferred to their country of origin.

A person sentenced to imprisonment is committed to a prison in the country in which he is sentenced; but under Section 26 of the Criminal Justice Act 1961 the responsible Minister may make an order for transfer to another part of the United Kingdom. In consultation with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home

The Answer, which includes a table of figures, is as follows:Department I would make such an order if I considered there was a compassionate case for doing so and room could be found in a suitable prison.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has received from Mrs. Agnes M. Edington, Secretary of the Scottish Association of Women Teachers, her official letter dated 25th November 1965; and what reply he has sent in response to the statement of facts she enclosed with it.

The reply sent on my behalf indicated that I had noted the points made in the petition forms enclosed with the letter; that I would bear them in mind in considering the recommendations made by the Scottish Joint Council for Teachers' Salaries and that, in so far as the petition was protesting against salary scales proposed by the Educational Institute of Scotland, it was primarily a matter for the attention of that body.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what he estimates would be the radius of destruction in Scotland if a megaton bomb were exploded over Glasgow.

The estimated radius of heavy damage from a one megaton bomb exploded at the height at which it would do most physical damage is a little under three miles.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what notification he has received from the Association of Master Bakers of restrictions on bread production and an increase in the price of bread; if he will refer the matter to the Prices and Incomes Board; and if he will make a statement.

No notification has been received from the Scottish Association of Master Bakers and the other questions do not arise.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the value of contracts placed by his Department for service clothing in the city and county of Londonderry during 1965.

£258,000.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the future policy for United Kingdom defence forces east of Suez.

I cannot anticipate the outcome of the Defence Review.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about the aircraft carrier replacement programme.

I cannot yet add to the reply my right hon. Friend gave to similar Questions on 24th November.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the annual cost of maintaining bases in Hong Kong and in Cyprus at normal strength; and what is the maximum number of troops that can be stationed there at any time.

The annual directly attributable costs of our forces at current strengths in Hong Kong and Cyprus are about £15 million and £25 million respectively. In emergency we could, of course, add any reinforcements that might be required.

asked the Minister of Transport if she will suspend the operation of the consent to the closing of the Deeside Railway, in view of the withdrawal of alternative bus services since the question of hardship was considered by the transport users' consultative committee.

As my right hon. Friend has explained to the hon. Member, her predecessor was aware, before he reached his decision, that the services of one of the two bus companies serving the route had been absorbed by the other. The services he listed in the conditions of consent to closure are those which he considered would provide a satisfactory alternative to the rail service. They must be available before closure can take place.

asked the Minister of Transport if she will indicate the ranges and numbers of staff for which she is responsible, excluding accident staff, who are engaged on railway studies; and what proportion of each group have railway experience.

Ministry staff directly concerned with the work of British Railways and railway matters generally are:—

Administrative	…	…	…	9
Professional	…	…	…	2
Executive	…	…	…	24
Clerical	…	…	…	18

These figures do not include staff engaged on studies where railways are part of a wider field.As in other parts of the Department, the professional staff have had first-hand experience of their subject prior to joining the Department; the remaining staff have had experience appropriate to their grading within the Department and to the work they have to do, but railway experience is not necessary.

asked the Minister of Transport whether she is aware of the urgent need for a by-pass passing to the west of Broughton on the road A.43 approximately two miles south of Kettering; and when such a by-pass will be completed.

Because of many other more urgent schemes, it is likely to be some time before the by-pass can be included in our trunk roads programme.

asked the Minister of Aviation what market research has been carried out by his Department to determine whether air passengers prefer cheaper to faster air travel.

It is difficult to give an answer in the abstract, but in relation, for instance, to the Concord it forms an important aspect of my market research activities. Intensive studies of the potential market for the Concord have been carried out by the French Government and ourselves and the firms concerned from the start of the project. These studies show that there will be a considerable demand for supersonic travel.

asked the Minister of Aviation what further aircraft work the Government intend to place with Short Brothers and Harland, in addition to sub-contract work on Phantom wings, in order to replace airframe work lost as a result of the cancellation of the HS681.

I would ask the hon. Member to await the debate on the Plowden Report, in the course of which I hope to refer to the future workload of this company and its place in the aircraft industry.

asked the Postmaster-General if he will now grant a transmission licence to Strathclyde University in order to facilitate the inauguration of television courses in the Glasgow area.

As I told my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow, Maryhill (Mr. Hannan) on 3rd November, my decision on Strathclyde University's application must await the outcome of the Government's general review of broadcasting policy.

asked the Postmaster-General, in view of the claim made by The Dolphin Press Limited with regard to the failure to arrive of printed programmes despatched by post from Brighton to London on 27th August for a British Council foreign visit on 2nd September, necessitating an expensive emergency reprint and delivery by hand, whether he is aware that the parcel concerned was delivered after the event, having taken 10 days to travel from Brighton to London, and that compensation of only £5 was offered; whether he is satisfied that it is necessary to register all such parcels in order to get compensation; and if he will make a statement.

I very much regret the inconvenience caused by the serious delay to this parcel. The senders have been paid £5 which is the maximum compensation payable on an inland unregistered parcel; to cover compensation for loss or damage exceeding this amount, parcels must be registered; the maximum compensation which can be covered in this way is £400.

asked the Postmaster-General what was the reason for the misrouting and delay of 153 bags of Christmas parcels posted in the Home Counties, London and the South-West for addresses in Newton Abbot, Devon, and Newcastle; and if he will make a statement.

The mails were misrouted by the railway authorities and British Railways are making full inquiry into the circumstances. They, like us, very much regret the delay which arose from these unfortunate mistakes.

asked the Postmaster-General what was the volume of mail posted and delivered during the Christmas period; and how this compared with earlier years.

Some 1,040 million letters and cards were dealt with in the busy period from 13th December to 2nd January, an increase of about 0·4 per cent. over the previous year and an increase of 3·9 per cent. compared with Christmas 1963. It is estimated that the figures for packets and parcels were about 120 million and 22 million respectively, in total about the same as in 1964.

asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that a Christmas card postmarked House of Commons, 6th December, 1965, 5.15 p.m., was delivered to the addressee, the head of the coastguard service in Iceland, on 3rd January, 1966; whether he is satisfied that this is a proper rate of transit by air or surface mail; and if he will make a statement.

If the postage paid on this Christmas card was at the printed paper rate it would have gone by surface route. In that event it would have reached Reykjavik on the 20th December, too late for Christmas delivery. If the Christmas card was posted at the letter rate it should have gone by air and arrived well in time for delivery before Christmas. If the hon. Gentleman will let me have these details, and also the full address to which the card was sent I shall be glad to make further inquiries.

asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that a letter posted in Monte Carlo and stamped at printed rate took from 17th December, 1965, to 17th January, 1966, before delivery to the hon. Member for Gosport and Fareham in London, after having been forwarded, postmark Fareham, 15th January from the address in Portchester to which it was directed; and what action he will take to speed up such deliveries.

I am writing to the hon. Gentleman about this matter with a view to making possible further inquiries into it.

asked the Postmaster-General what consideration he has given to the issue of bilingual stamps in Wales or occasionally issuing stamps in the Welsh language only; and what conclusions he has come to.

I have already been asked to include a word or two in Welsh in the new regional stamps for Wales and Monmouthshire. I will certainly bear this possibility in mind when designs for these stamps are commissioned, but I have no plans at present for issuing stamps in the Welsh language only.

asked the Postmaster-General if he will consider the issue of a special commemorative stamp in Welsh each year on the occasion of the National Eisteddfod of Wales for sale only on the Eisteddfod field.

No; commemorative stamps are issued for sale at post offices generally and I am afraid that it would be impracticable to produce them for such limited purposes as the hon. and learned Member suggests.

asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that a postal packet containing an electrical device addressed to Chilton Electrical Products Limited, Hungerford, Berkshire, and posted about 10th November in London, is still undelivered; and what action he proposes to take.

I am aware of this unfortunate loss. The most thorough-going inquiries have failed to bring to light any trace of the missing packet; and I very much regret that there is nothing more I can do to help the hon. Gentleman.

asked the Postmaster-General if he will give an estimate of the cost of vandalism to public telephone kiosks during the past year.

As my hon. Friend told the hon. Members for Cheadle (Mr. Shepherd) and Gainsborough (Mr. Kimball) on 15th December, the estimated cost, excluding overheads and loss of revenue, is £200,000.

asked the Postmaster-General (1) what was the average period of time during which public telephones damaged by vandals and thieves during the past three months in the Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield and Hertford areas were out of service; (2) on how many days each of the public telephone kiosks in Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield and Hertford were out of action during the past three months.

45 days in Welwyn Garden City; 75 days in Hatfield; and 6 hours in Hertford.There are 121 kiosks in these three towns and it would take a disproportionate amount of time and expense to give out of action details of each kiosk. Most of these public telephones are repaired on the day they are reported but some in Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield have been out of order for the past 3 months because the sheer scale of the vandalism has caused a temporary shortage of replacement parts.

asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that no London list of subscriber trunk dialling codes has been issued during the lifetime of the present Government and that in consequence subscribers may be unaware of new codes; and whether he will publish a new edition of the code book.

Up-dated reprints were published for new subscribers in April and October, 1965. The next complete issue will be made in May to all subscribers. I am considering how this service can be improved.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) what action he intends to take to stop the sale of reprocessed corned beef to the general public;(2) what would be the cost of his Department's buying the consignment of reprocessed corned beef and having it destroyed in the interests of the consumer and the trade;(3) if he will seek to order notices to be placed in establishments where reprocessed corned beef is on the menu clearly stating that the beef has undergone reprocessing.

Last October, after discussions with my Department, the major importers of stocks of corned beef which had been voluntarily withheld from the market since June 1964 agreed that these would not be sold to the public. This was because of the damage that could be caused to the reputation of canned meat generally in this country. On 7th January I was able to announce that all the other holders of similar stocks had also agreed that they would not be distributed, whether reprocessed or not, in the United Kingdom. Following these comprehensive agreements, which are undoubtedly for the good of the trade, no question arises of any further action by the Government in the interests of consumers.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will take steps to encourage the production of canned or cured Cornish pilchards in excess of the requirements of the home market, as means of providing an easily transportable high protein food suitable for distribution in the famine areas of the world.

Surpluses of Cornish pilchards are too small and infrequent to make any useful contribution to famine relief even if they could be economically processed.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will announce the voting results on the Apple and Pear Council; and if he will give separate figures for apples and pears.

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 25th January to my hon. Friend the Member for Faversham (Mr. Boston). The growers who are in favour of an Apple and Pear Development Council have about 59 per cent. of the acreage of apples that would be subject to levy and about 58 per cent. of the corresponding acreage of pears.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether, in view of the declining profit of the pig industry, he will now take measures to increase the level of guaranteed prices for pigs.

The level of the guaranteed price is a matter for the Annual Review, at which the profitability of pig production, along with all other relevant factors, will be taken into account.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether, in view of the present balance of payments position, he will now take steps to encourage greater home production of pigs to replace imports.

Over 95 per cent. of our pork supplies are already home-produced. As for bacon, supplies are subject to the Bacon Market Sharing Understanding, and I have nothing to add to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Openshaw on 8th December last.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the recent developments of the White Fish Authority, and his plans for its future.

I would refer my hon. and learned Friend to the Answer which I gave to the hon. Member for Haltemprice (Mr. Wall) on 22nd December.

asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs whether he accepts the suggestions contained in Arthur Little's report on methods of further diversifying the activities of Short Brothers and Harland; and when such new diversification will commence.

I would ask the hon. Member to await the statement which my right hon. Friend the Minister of Aviation will make when the House debates the Plowden Report in the near future.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why no settlement has yet been reached with the Society of Technical Civil Servants in respect of their pay claim, submitted on 28th October last and acknowledged by his Department on 19th November last, in view of the delay and consequent concern in this society.

It is assumed that the hon. Member refers to the pay claim on behalf of the Draughtsmen Grades of the Civil Service.Very substantial increases (up to 17·1 per cent. over existing 1st January, 1965, pay) have been claimed: these require very careful consideration. There has been no delay in dealing with the claim.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to indemnify members of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Rhodesia against personal liabilities which might be in- curred by them in discharge of their duties; and whether he will make a statement.

I do not foresee any circumstances in which such personal liabilities might arise, but in view of the unusual situation in regard to the Reserve Bank of Rhodesia I have thought it right to authorise the issue to Sir Sydney Caine, Governor of the Reserve Bank, of a letter saying that, subject to the approval of Parliament, the Treasury will indemnify each member of the Board against any personal liability incurred by him in consequence of any act or neglect on his part in the course of discharging in good faith his duties in pursuance of his appointment as a member of the Board.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost of removing the limit on directors' remuneration allowed as a deduction for Corporation Tax in the case of close companies, and the cost if the limit were increased to £5,000 per annum for each director.

No estimate has been made of the cost of removing the limit because it is impossible to forecast the effect upon the level of remuneration. The cost of increasing the limit of £5,000 for each director is estimated at something between £25 million and £30 million, for the first full year, depending on the rate of tax.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will announce a clearly defined forward policy for a scientific work on space satellites; and if he will make a statement.

The Science Research Council, for which I have responsibility, organises the scientific Space programme. This programme exists to make it possible for individual scientists, or groups of scientists, in universities and other institutions, to carry out researches in Space. Hitherto the main opportunities have been in the series of Anglo-U.S. satellites. In future the main opportunities will be in E.S.R.O. and N.A.S.A. satellites.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what sum has accrued to the British Museum to date as its share of the estate of the late George Bernard Shaw.

I am informed by the Trustees of the British Museum that up to date £646,417 4s. 8d. has accrued to the Museum as its share of the estate of the late George Bernard Shaw.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when the works which are now proceeding at the Wirral County Grammar School for Girls will be completed; why the new gymnasium which has been built has not yet been brought into use; when the use of the dining room as a teaching block will be discontinued; and what new facilities have been made available to the school as a result of the works which have been going on there.

The Cheshire local authority inform me that, subject to the usual inspection of the building work, the new teaching accommodation will be available this month. They hope that the rest of the extensions will be completed by May; as specified in the contract. The gymnasium will be brought into use as soon as defects in the flooring and electrical work have been put right. The existing dining room will be adapted for teaching when the new dining room is brought into service. The new dining room will also be used for some teaching. The new facilities comprise: two division rooms, two geography rooms, two other large classrooms, two art and craft rooms, a library, an entrance hall, a kitchen and a gymnasium.

asked the Minister of Health what is the policy of his Department on the training by teaching hospitals of midwives and on the situation arising from the taking over of this responsibility by some London boroughs.

The London boroughs are preparing for my approval their proposals for providing domiciliary midwifery services. These will not necessarily involve changes in the arrangements for midwifery training which the London County Council had made with some teaching hospitals. Revised training arrangements require the approval of the Central Midwives Board.

asked the Minister of Health how many people were injured in a road accident in the village of Mere-worth on 3rd January, 1966; to what hospital they were taken; what treatment was given to them; why they were discharged so rapidly; and if he will make an investigation into the accident facilities at this hospital.

Six people were injured and one killed; the six injured were taken to West Kent General Hospital, Maidstone; three who were found after X-ray not to need further treatment were sent home; the other three were admitted as in-patients. One was discharged on 5th January after a fracture had been set, the second on 6th January after recovering from concussion, and the third on 11th January. I have no evidence that any were discharged prematurely, or that the accident facilities at this hospital, which have recently been improved, are inadequate.

asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the recent survey of women doctors showing that many of them might be willing to take on part-time work; and what measures he proposes to enable these doctors to enter or return to general practice.

Yes, I am aware of this very helpful survey, and I understand that through professional channels the names of the doctors concerned are being brought to the attention of general practitioners who may welcome part-time help. Arrangements are being made whereby any doctors who have been away from medical work in this country for three years or more, either because of home ties or absence abroad, should he able to obtain suitable refresher training, for which fees and expenses within agreed limits will be paid.

asked the Minister of Health what steps he intends to take to increase the number of doctors.

I understand that the University Grants Committee in allocating the revised University building programme, are making provision for medical school building in Great Britain which it is estimated will increase the number of pre-clinical medical student places by 500, thus adding 250 to the annual student entry, as a result of work to be started in 1966–67 and 1967–68. The effect of this will be to increase the annual entry of British-based medical students, which has already risen from 1,788 in 1960–61 to 2,283 in the current year, to over 2,500. I shall be arranging for provision of the necessary clinical teaching facilities.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will reconsider his decision not to order an independent inquiry into the case of Mr. Stephen Handoll, in view of the material submitted to him by the hon. Member for Abingdon.

My right hon. Friend has reviewed the circumstances of this case, but he can find no sufficient ground for any action on his part.

asked the Minister without Portfolio if he will introduce legislation to control the prices charged by private companies and persons for hearing aids.

No.

asked the Minister of Public Building and Works (1) what representations he has received from the building and engineering section of the National Federation of Clay Industries regarding the stockpiles of unsold bricks at the end of 1965 and regarding the number of traditional-type three-bedroom houses which could be built from the existing unsold stocks of bricks; and what reply he has sent;(2) what discussions he has had with the representatives of the building and engineering section of the National Federation of Clay Industries; what guarantees he gave them regarding the date by which the existing stockpiles of bricks will be cleared; and whether he will make a statement on those discussions.

I have sent the hon. Gentleman a copy of the Press Statement I issued after my meeting with the National Federation of Clay Industries on 18th January.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will refer the proposed take-over bid by Dental Manufacturing for Amalgamated Dental Engineering to the Monopolies Commission.

I have examined this bid in the light of the Monopolies and Mergers Act, 1965. On the information at present before me, I do not intend to refer it to the Monopolies Commission.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what expenditure has been incurred by his Department on the acquisition of securities in Fair-fields (Glasgow) Limited.

On 7th January the Board of Trade paid £500,000 for the purchase of 50 per cent. of the issued ordinary shares in Fairfields (Glasgow) Ltd. and purchased at par the whole of an issue of £1 million 7 per cent. Unsecured Loan Stock, 1975, made by the Company. The money was advanced from the Civil Contingencies Fund. A supplementary estimate to enable the Board of Trade to repay these advances will be presented shortly.

asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (1) if he will state the proportions of British money and of World Bank money, respectively, which were contributed to the building of the Kariba Dam; how much money is still due and owing to each of them, respectively, and by whom; what is the nature of the securities which each of them holds for the repayment of that money; and, in the meantime, what is the nature of their protection of the Kariba Dam as an asset;(2) in which nations the title in the Kariba Dam is vested; upon what terms they enjoy that title; and what steps Great Britain is taking to maintain the protection of the Kariba Dam.

, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 21st December, 1965; Vol. 722, c. 393–4] supplied the following information:The title to the Dam is vested in the Central African Power Corporation. It is not vested in any nation. The Power Corporation is a body corporate under the law of Southern Rhodesia and also under the law of Zambia, and its title, in so far as it derives from this, depends on the law of Southern Rhodesia in respect of that part of the Dam which is within Southern Rhodesia and on the law of Zambia in respect of that part within Zambia.The terms upon which the Central African Power Corporation enjoys its title is that it should supply electricity to undertakings within the Territories and continue to operate and develop the system for the generation and transmission of electricity associated with the Kariba scheme. In carrying out these functions the Corporation is under the general control of a Higher Authority on which the Government of Zambia and the Government of Southern Rhodesia are equally represented. The Higher Authority has the power to give the Corporation directions of a general nature as to the exercise of its functions and the Corporation has to comply with any such directions.The British contribution to the Kariba Dam was £18 million or 22·5 per cent. of the total loan. This was divided into £15 million from the Colonial Development Corporation and £3 million from the Commonwealth Development and Finance Company.The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development's contribution was some 35·8 per cent. or £28·6 million. Other contributions came from the former Federal Government, the Copper Companies, the Standard Bank of South Africa and a local contribution from Barclay's Bank D.C.O.The amount owing to the Colonial Development Corporation is £14·9 million, to the C.D.F.C. £2·8 million. The I.B.R.D. loan outstanding is some £23 million. The securities and loans are covered in agreement with the Central African Power Corporation, guaranteed 50 per cent. by the Government of Southern Rhodesia and 50 per cent. by the Government of Zambia. In addition the I.B.R.D. loan is guaranteed 100 per cent. by Her Majesty's Government.

asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether he will now take steps to discontinue civil flights by British aircraft to Salisbury, Rhodesia.

This matter is at present under consideration. However, on 7th January, 1966, the East African Common Services Organisation issued a notification that, as from 28th January, 1966, the three East African countries of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania would no longer permit air services to fly across their territory en route to Salisbury; and B.O.A.C. and B.U.A. will both be complying with this notification and will terminate their existing Salisbury services. A similar ban is being imposed on flights by Alitalia, the Italian airline.