asked the Minister of Aviation what is the annual cost of staff of his Department stationed at Elm-don Airport.

The cost of Ministry of Aviation staff at Birmingham (Elmdon) Airport was £83,718 in the year ended 31st March, 1965 and is expected to be £87,950 in the current year ending 31st March, 1966. The increase is mainly due to pay awards and normal salary increments.

asked the Minister of Aviation to what extent the evaluation of the comparative performances of the United Kingdom Red Top and the United States Sidewinder missiles has now shown advantages possessed by the British missile.

Red Top in its primary role is undoubtedly superior to Sidewinder; for security reasons I cannot be more specific. However, comparative evaluation of Red Top and Sidewinder as secondary armament for Phantom aircraft has shown that their performance would be roughly equivalent in this particular rôle.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what progress he has made in altering the regulations for commutation of pensions as between ex-officers and ex-other ranks of the Army to eliminate discrimination.

The review is progressing.

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance to what extent administrative changes have been made in the last five years for dealing with claims for war widows' pensions, particularly in connection with the tests that must be satisfied, namely, whether death was wholly due or materially hastened by war injury; and whether these changes have retrospective effect, involving the re-examination of earlier appeals disallowed under the former arrangements.

I assume that the hon. Member is referring to an administrative change introduced in November, 1962. After that date Pensions Appeals Tribunals considering appeals from the widows of 1914 War pensioners on the question whether the pensioner's death was wholly due to his pensioned disablement were at the same time asked to give their view as to whether the pensioner's death was materially hastened by the effects of war service which, as the hon. Member will know, has always been an issue for the Minister to determine. Where the statutory appeal rights were already exhausted, this procedure could have no application.

asked the Minister of Power whether the public inquiry into the loss of the "Sea Gem" and the consequent loss of life will be held as a formal investigation under the powers given by the Merchant Shipping Acts; and if he will make a statement.

I am advised that the powers given in the Merchant Shipping Acts would not apply in this case because the "Sea Gem" was not a "ship" within the meaning of those Acts. The inquiry will therefore be non-statutory, but I expect to receive the full co-operation of the parties concerned.

asked the Minister of Power what is to be his policy on answering questions about supplies of smokeless fuels in particular areas.

Supplies of smokeless fuels in particular areas are a matter for the suppliers, and difficulties are best settled locally. They will not normally fall within my Ministerial responsibility.

asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the back of the current Belfast telephone directory is inclined to split; and if he will take steps to strengthen future editions.

The binding of a very small batch of the 127,000 copies of the June, 1965, edition of the Northern Ireland telephone directory has unfortunately proved to be defective. Steps are being taken to prevent this from happening again.

asked the Postmaster-General what was the average period of time during which public telephones damaged by vandals and thieves during the past three months in the Brighton area were out of service.

There were about 100 cases of wilful damage to the 400 kiosks in the Brighton area during the last three months. Many were cleared quite quickly, but 47 of the kiosks cannot be brought back into full service because the sheer scale of the damage has caused a temporary shortage of replacement parts. We have ensured, however, that emergency call facilities have been made available.

asked the Postmaster-General how many telephones were installed in 1965; and what is the existing number of shared lines and the present number of applicants on the waiting list in Stalybridge, Hyde, Dukinfield, Longdendale and Tintwistle, respectively.

These districts do not all coincide with telephone exchange boundaries. The estimated figures at the latest available dates are:

District		New exchange connections in 1965	Shared lines at 31.1.66	Applications on waiting list 31.12.65
Stalybridge	…	235	467	1
Hyde	…	631	1,016	3
Dukinfield	…	171	492	13
Longdendale	…	88	249	—
Tintwistle	…	27	70	6

asked the President of the Board of Trade what has been the average length of time elapsing between the receipt by his Department of applications for the appointment of inspectors under Section 165 of the Companies Act and action being taken upon them, whether by appointment of inspectors or by rejection or decision not to proceed, in each of the last five years.

On the basis of ten sample cases in each year, the average periods are calculated to be as follows:—

		Appointment of Inspectors	Rejection	Not proceeded with by applicant
1961	…	26 weeks	8 weeks	4 weeks
1962	…	21 weeks	6 weeks	5 weeks
1963	…	21 weeks	6 weeks	6 weeks
1964	…	5 weeks	8 weeks	5 weeks
1965	…	6 weeks	4 weeks	4 weeks

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many final reports by inspectors appointed under Section 165 of the Companies Act are at present under consideration by his Department; and, in each case, when the final report was submitted.

Five final reports of inspectors are under consideration by the Board of Trade. Three relating to three associated companies were received in July, 1965, one relating to two associated companies in August, 1965, and one in December, 1965.

asked the President of the Board of Trade, what was the average length of time elapsing between the appointment of inspectors under Section 165 of the Companies Act and the receipt by his Department of their final report during the 10-year period 1951 to 1960, and during the 10-year period 1956–65.

For the ten years 1951 to 1960, 16 months 1 week; and for the ten years 1956 to 1965, 15 months 3 weeks.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many applications for the appointment of Board of Trade inspectors under Section 165 of the Companies Act are at present outstanding; and in each case what length

Force				Constable	Sergeant	Inspector	Chief Inspector
Barnsley	…	…	…	—	—	—	—
Birmingham	…	…	…	2	—	—	1
Blackpool	…	…	…	1	—	—	—
Bolton	…	…	…	—	1(E)	1(E)	—
Bristol	…	…	…	1	—	—	—
Cardiff	…	…	…	1	—	—	—
Durham	…	…	…	—	2	—	—
Essex	…	…	…	—	—	—	—
Glamorgan	…	…	…	1	1(E)	—	—
Gwynedd	…	…	…	—	—	—	—
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	…	…	…	—	1(E)	1(E)	—
Lancashire	…	…	…	1	2	—	—
Leeds	…	…	…	—	—	—	—
Liverpool	…	…	…	—	—	1(E)	—
Manchester	…	…	…	—	—	—	—
Merthyr Tydfil	…	…	…	—	—	1	—
Metropolitan	…	…	…	6(1E)	3	3	1
Northamptonshire	…	…	…	—	—	—	—
Nottingham	…	…	…	—	—	2(E)	—
Pembrokeshire	…	…	…	—	—	1	—
Plymouth	…	…	…	—	—	—	—
Portsmouth	…	…	…	—	—	—	—
Sheffield	…	…	…	—	—	—	1(E)
Southend	…	…	…	—	—	—	—
Staffordshire	…	…	…	1	—	—	—
Wiltshire	…	…	…	—	—	—	—
Worcestershire	…	…	…	1(E)	—	—	—
Yorkshire: East Riding	…	…	…	—	—	1(E)	—
Yorkshire: West Riding	…	…	…	1(E)	1(E)	—	2(E)
Totals	…	…	…	16(3E)	11(4E)	11(6E)	5(3E)
(E) Denotes external degree.

Seven applications for the appointment of inspectors are outstanding. Two of these applications (both relating to associated companies) have been kept under review, for nine months, and a third for eight months. The remaining four applications were received four weeks, three weeks, and, in two cases, one week ago. In none of these cases does it necessarily follow, from the fact of the Board's consideration, that the appointment of an inspector will be justified.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of university graduates at present serving in the police forces of England and Wales, analysing the figure to show the number of graduates in each rank in each police force.

Following is the information, for officers serving in October, 1965. The total number of graduates is 69 (of whom 21 have external degrees).

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is satisfied with the operation of the Betting and Gaming Act; what proposals he has to take action in this matter; and if he will make a statement.

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given on 27th January to a Question by the hon. Member for Cardiff, North (Mr. Box).

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to implement the report of the departmental committee on experiments on animals, Command Paper No. 2641.

My right hon. Friend is still awaiting the views of some of the bodies being consulted about the Committee's detailed recommendations. Legislation will be needed to implement most of the recommendations, and I cannot at present say when this will be possible.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why British Broadcasting Corporation cameras were able to be present and take pictures of convicted criminals being moved under the strictest security precautions from one prison to another.

My right hon. Friend has given no facilities for photographing the movement of prisoners, but he has no control over the taking of pictures outside prison premises.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent, under his regulations, convicted criminals may complain against police forces; and to what extent, under those regulations, persons convicted of perjury and conspiracy are regarded as suitable to accept complaints from about police forces.

Section 49 of the Police Act 1964 requires a chief constable to record and cause to be investigated any complaint by a member of the public against a member of his force. A prisoner may complain, but a letter which was a deliberate and calculated attempt to hold the police up to contempt, or was couched in grossly improper language, would be stopped under the Rules and Standing Orders governing prisoners' correspondence.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the date upon which the police inquiry commenced into the complaints about Sergeant Griffiths of the St. Helens Police Force; and if he will make a statement.

On 30th September, 1965, the Chief Constable of St. Helens asked the Chief Constable of Liverpool to provide a senior police officer to investigate certain matters concerning Sergeant Griffiths. The report of this investigation is at present being considered by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what invitation he has issued to Dorset County Council to discuss the administration of its Children Committee; what reply he has received; and if he will make a statement.

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given on 3rd February to a Question by the hon. Member for Poole (Mr. Murton).

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether police officers and other ranks may be represented by a legal advocate in ordinary disciplinary cases; and if he will take steps to provide the right, as a condition of service in the police force, to allow the members of the force a legal advocate in all cases.

No; this would not be appropriate.

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table setting out, either by reference to region or to employment exchanges at which the register is kept, the geographical distribution on 1st December 1965 of the vacancies and persons registered on his professional and executive register.

The following table gives the required information:

MEN AND WOMEN REGISTERED FOR EMPLOYMENT AND NOTIFIED VACANCIES OUTSTANDING AT OFFICES OF THE PROFESSIONAL & EXECUTIVE REGISTER ON 1ST DECEMBER 1965
Region	Numbers registered	Outstanding vacancies
Northern	1,132	588
Yorkshire & Humberside	1,341	701
Eastern & Southern	2,981	1,844
London & South Eastern	5,804	3,338
South Western	2,117	413
Wales	846	283
Midlands	2,492	2,015
North Western	2,963	921
Scotland	1,561	636
National Total	21,237	10,739

asked the Minister of Labour what percentage of the people placing their name on his professional and executive register finds posts within four, eight, 13 and 26 weeks, respectively; and what proportion of such cases finds such posts as a result of the operation of his Department's specialised placing and information service.

I regret that the information asked for in the first part of the Question is not available.In the year ending 1st December, 1965, 44,114 people ended their registrations with the Professional and Executive Register. Of these 7,860 had been placed in employment by the service. It is not known how many of the remainder found their own employment as a result of information and advice from the service or how many people ceased to register for other reasons than having found employment.

asked the Minister of Labour what was the total cost, in the last year for which figures are available, of maintaining his professional and executive register and of operating the specialised placing and information service in conjunction therewith; what was the average cost of these services per vacancy filled during the same period; and how this average cost compares with the com- parable figure for each vacancy filled on the ordinary register of unemployed.

In 1965 the total cost including all overhead expenses of providing all the services of the professional and executive register at local offices was about £475,000. A simple division of this sum by the recorded number of placings effected produces a figure of some £60 but this would be an overestimate of the cost per placing as much of the work done by these offices consists of advising applicants about further training or about seeking opportunities not notified to the register.For similar reasons it is difficult to provide an accurate average cost of each placing made from the ordinary register of unemployed, but this is estimated to be just under £4.

			Number of stoppages beginning in month			Number of working days lost at establishments where the disputes occurred in all stoppages in progress in month
			1963	1964	1965*	1963	1964 (thousands)	1965*
January	…	…	150	192	201	54	381	123
February	…	…	143	213	246	56	178	372
March	…	…	173	191	264	101	179	420
April	…	…	174	283	208	92	268	263
May	…	…	192	219	265	187	204	503
June	…	…	173	238	187	144	172	328
July	…	…	151	167	138	125	249	183
August	…	…	147	180	164	400	100	169
September	…	…	217	227	201	107	159	149
October	…	…	238	239	184	189	161	197
November	…	…	211	235	197	131	159	146
December	…	…	99	140	87	170	68	78
* The figures for 1965 are provisional.

asked the Minister of Labour why the regularly published statistics about the number of working days lost by reason of stoppages of work due to industrial disputes do not include loss of time, for example through shortage of materials, which may be caused at establishments other than those at which occurred the stoppages which are included in the statistics; why such additional loss of time should not be included in the statistics; and to what extent the published statistics for the last 12 months would be affected if such additional loss of time was included therein.

I cannot make a comprehensive estimate of the time lost at establishments other than those at which stoppages occur. I cannot therefore say to what extent the published statistics for the last 12 months would be affected if such additional loss of time was included.

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will set out in the OFFICIAL REPORT figures in respect of each month in the last three years to show the extent to which there is any variation as between different times of the year in the number of stoppages in work and the number of working days lost due to industrial disputes connected with terms of employment or conditions of labour.

The following table gives the number of stoppages of work due to industrial disputes beginning in each month in each of the years 1963, 1964 and 1965 and the number of working days lost, at the establishments where the disputes occurred, through all stoppages in progress during the same months.An estimate is made however of the time lost at establishments in the motor car industry as a result of stoppages at other establishments. In 1965 the estimated figure was 350,000 days lost. This figure compares with 869,000 days lost at establishments as a direct result of stoppages within the particular establishment.

asked the Minister of Labour what estimate he has made of the number of working days lost, during the last year for which figures are available, by reason of stoppages of work due to industrial disputes whose effects are not recorded in the regularly published statistics because the disputes involved fewer than 10 workers or lasted less than one day.

My right hon. Friend does not make estimates of the number of days lost by reason of stoppages of work due to industrial disputes which are excluded from the published statistics because the disputes involved fewer than 10 workers or lasted less than one day and the number of days lost was not more than 100. Stoppages involving less than 10 workers and those which last less than one day are included in the regularly published statistics if the number of days lost exceeds 100.

asked the Minister of Labour why the number of working days lost through industrial disputes in 1964 is stated to be 2,030 thousand in Appendix XV to his department's evidence to the Royal Commission on Trade Unions and 2,277 thousand on page 24 of the latest issue of the Ministry of Labour Gazette.

Appendix XV to the Ministry of Labour's evidence to the Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers' Associations gives the number of days lost in stoppages of work beginning in 1964, including days lost in 1965 in stoppages which began in 1964 and continued in 1965. The table on page 24 of the January, 1966, issue of the Ministry of Labour Gazette gives the number of days lost in 1964 in all stoppages in progress in 1964, including stoppages which began in 1963 and continued into 1964. Days lost in 1965 in stoppages which began in 1964 and continued into 1965 are not included.

asked the Minister of Labour how many industrial tribunals under the Industrial Training and Redundancy Payments Acts have been appointed; who are the members of such tribunals; and where and how often they have sat.

Industrial Tribunals are appointed to sit as need arises. Each tribunal consists of a legally qualified chairman and two members, drawn from national panels appointed in accordance with the Industrial Tribunals Regulations, 1965, after consultation, in the case of the members, with the two sides of industry. By the end of January the tribunals had held sittings totalling 125 days, in London and 13 other centres.

asked the Minister of Transport what steps she is taking to expedite the temporary repairs which Shoreham Toll Bridge, which carries trunk road A.27, is now undergoing; if she is aware that the closure of this bridge is causing great and growing road traffic congestion and dislocation in south-east West Sussex; and if she will instruct British Railways to defer indefinitely the closure of the branch Shoreham-Horsham railway line, due on 7th March, in view of the fact that Shoreham Toll Bridge will be unfitted for Southdown buses and heavy lorries even when the temporary repairs are complete, in mid-March at the earliest.

The repair of this bridge is a matter for its owners the British Railways Board. We are pressing them to complete the restoration work in the minimum possible time. Decisions already reached about the rail closure are not affected.

asked the Minister of Transport what is the minimum amount of intake of alcohol as calculated both in pints of beer and in fluid ounces of whisky which could produce a finding of 80 milligrammes of alcohol to every 100 millilitres of blood circulating in the human body of a male person weighing 15 stone, 13 stone, 11 stone and 9 stone, respectively, and of a female person weighing 11 stone, 9 stone and 7 stone, respectively.

I am advised by the British Medical Association that only in very exceptional circumstances would a concentration of 80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood be exceeded by an adult person who restricts his drinking to 2½ pints of ordinary beer or 4 fluid ounces of whisky. The concentration actually produced in an individual case depends on a number of factors, including whether the alcohol is taken on a full or empty stomach, the period over which it is consumed, the form in which it is taken, the person's body weight and fatness and whether he is accustomed to drinking alcohol. I am advised that weight is less important than some of the other factors and that the proportion of fat in the body is more relevant than overall body weight.

asked the Minister of Transport from what bodies representations have been received concerning the proposal to allow random roadside checks of motorists to test their level of alcohol consumption; and what replies she has given.

The organisations listed below, who have expressed views on this subject to me and to my right hon. Friends, the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Scotland, have been told that their views will receive the most careful consideration.

• The Association of Chief Police Officers.
• The Association of Municipal Corporations.
• The British Council of Churches.
• The British Medical Association.
• The Chief Constables' (Scotland) Association.
• The County Councils Association.
• The Institute of Advanced Motorists.
• The Magistrates' Association.
• The National British Women's Total Abstinence Union.
• The National Road Safety Advisory Council.
• The National Union of General and Municipal Workers.
• The National Union of Railwaymen.
• The Pedestrians' Association.
• The Scottish Commercial Motormen's Association.
• The Standing Joint Committee of the A.A., R.A.C. and R.S.A.C.
• The Transport and General Workers Union.
• The Temperance Council of the Christian Churches.
• The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers.
• The United Road Transport Workers Union.
• The Urban District Councils Association.
• The Wine Trade Defence Committee.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the present number of staff at each of the two new business schools at the universities of London and Manchester, indicating how many of them have first-hand experience as either students or teachers at a business school in the United States of America.

My right hon. Friend is not responsible for the staffing of these schools. I understand that in making appointments to their staff weight is attached to knowledge of United States methods of business teaching, and that this is reflected in the appointments already made.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students there are at present at the business schools at the universities of London and Manchester.

At Manchester, there are 15 post-experience and 15 post-graduate students. At London, the first 50 post-experience students begin a 12-week course on 7th February.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what assistance he will give to bring about the realisation of the Yorkshire Opera Project.

This matter is being considered by the Arts Council of Great Britain which is at present waiting for information about the measure of assistance which has been offered by the local authorities which have expressed an interest in the project.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the amount of subsidy paid out in hill cow grants for each year for the past five years.

The amount of hill cow subsidy paid in the United Kingdom for the last five years for which statistics are complete is as follows:

Year				Amount
				£
1960	…	…	…	4,584,000
1961	…	…	…	4,980,000
1962	…	…	…	5,342,000
1963	…	…	…	5,555,000
1964	…	…	…	5,671,000

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what deficiency payments have been made for beef, mutton and lamb each year for the past 10 years.

Deficiency payments on cattle and sheep for the last 10 completed financial years were in £ million:

				Cattle	Sheep
1955–56	…	…	…	0·43	5·15
1956–57	…	…	…	36·11	8·33
1957–58	…	…	…	34·06	11·69
1958–59	…	…	…	12·51	11·65
1959–60	…	…	…	3·46	25·27
1960–61	…	…	…	12·33	13·90
1961–62	…	…	…	46·41	30·72
1962–63	…	…	…	30·52	18·86
1963–64	…	…	…	40·79	13·31
1964–65	…	…	…	9·83	5·64

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the amount of beef, mutton and lamb produced in Great Britain each year for the past five years.

The following figures give the commercial production of beef, mutton and lamb in Great Britain, including the estimated meat

OUTPUT AND DISPOSAL OF WHOLE MILK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Calendar years	Million gallons
	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965 (prov.)
Liquid Consumption (*)	1,653	1,677	1,700	1,716	1,735	1,737
Used for Butter (†)	234	294	339	250	145	212
Used for cheese (†)	254	262	261	242	255	262
Used for full-cream powder	44	44	43	47	50	48
Used for other products (†) (including cream)	220	231	236	253	273	298
(Total manufacturing usage)	(752)	(831)	(879)	(792)	(723)	(820)
Total output for human consumption	2,405	2,508	2,579	2,508	2,458	2,557
(*) including farmhouse consumption.		(†) including farmhouse manufacture.

Of the skimmed milk derived from the manufacture of butter and cream, the following quantities were manufactured into skimmed milk powder:
Year						Skimmed Milk (m.g.)
1960	…	…	…	…	…	141
1961	…	…	…	…	…	165
1962	…	…	…	…	…	183
1963	…	…	…	…	…	122
1964	…	…	…	…	…	69
1965 (prov.)		…	…	…	…	167
To avoid duplication these quantities are excluded from the table above.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the amount of milk, in gallons, produced each year from 1960 to 1965 inclusive, this figure to be broken down into milk for liquid consumption, milk for cheese-making, milk for butter, and milk for dried milk.

Total production of milk for human consumption in the United Kingdom (excluding milk produced for stock feed) for the years 1960 to 1965 inclusive, with an analysis into liquid consumption and manufacturing usage, is given in the table below:

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the total number of calves born of both milk and beef type, the total number of calves reared to slaughter age, and the total number of calves going into the dairy herd each year for the past five years.

I regret that there are no statistics relating to the number of calves born alive from both the dairy and beef herds. However, for England and Wales, statistics are available of the total number of cows and heifers calving down each year, which would be somewhat greater than the number of calves actually born alive, although these figures cannot be broken down separately as between those of milk and those of beef type.

Numbers of Cows and Heifers calving in England and Wales
June/May years	…	…	('000's)
1960–61	…	…	3,263
1961–62	…	…	3,349
1962–63	…	…	3,337
1963–64	…	…	3,190
1964–65	…	…	3,293

The total number of home bred calves reared to slaughter age and marketed as clean fat cattle is not available. The number of clean cattle certified under the Fatstock Guarantee Scheme in England and Wales, excluding cattle imported from the Irish Republic, is given in the table below. The number

IMPORTS OF BEEF, MUTTON AND LAMB INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM
		1961	1962	1963	1964	1965
BEEF
Total	'000 tons	282·4	321·5	353·4	338·8	284·8
	£'000	?53,387	£60,836	£62,972	£82,778	£77,420
Argentine Republic	'000 tons	152·9	181·5	235·5	149·1	107·6
	£'000	£26,249	£32,059	£39,011	£34,214	£26,857
Australia	'000 tons	31·0	33·0	17·0	82·0	88·9
	£'000	£6,491	£6,462	£3,738	£22,274	£25,263
Irish Republic	'000 tons	33·0	21·6	18·0	19·8	28·3
	£'000	£7,555	£5,330	£4,400	£5,209	£7,653
New Zealand	'000 tons	10·5	6·5	1·9	25·4	28·9
	£'000	£1,657	£1,082	£360	£6,169	£7,979
Uruguay	'000 tons	20·2	17·1	40·9	31·7	4·3
	£'000	£3,621	£2,953	£6,503	£6,584	£1,042
Yugoslavia	'000 tons	170	39·2	14·6	13·5	5·7
	£'000	£3,298	£7,548	£2,921	£3,139	£1,452
Other countries	"000 tons	17·8	22·6	25·5	17·3	21·1
	£'000	£4,516	£5,402	£6,039	£5,189	£7,174
MUTTON
Total	'000 tons	44·9	43·4	32·0	35·9	38·3
	£'000	£4,807	£4,534	£3,612	£5,070	£5,345
Australia	'000 tons	6·8	7·9	6·1	8·1	8·9
	£'000	£1,124	£1,038	£1,026	£1,550	£1,699
New Zealand	'000 tons	37·5	35·2	25·3	27·2	27·9
	£'000	£3,619	£3,446	£2,499	£3,406	£3,438
Other countries	'000 tons	0·6	0·3	0·6	0·6	1·5
	£'000	£64	£50	£87	£114	£208

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the value, tonnage and sources of origin of imports of beef, mutton and lamb into the United Kingdom for each year for the past five years.

The information is as follows:

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he has received the Wise Com- mittee's Interim Report on Smallholdings; and if he will make a statement.

I expect to receive the Wise Committee's Interim Report within the next two or three weeks.