asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she will give for the longest most convenient stated period of time full details of the various freely-negotiated wage settlements which have been stopped or delayed in payment by Her Majesty's Government or any of their appointed agencies, the number and types of workers affected and during this period the number and types of price increases which have been stopped or reduced by Government intervention.

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to an identical Question he asked on 22nd October, 1969.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she will now publish the alternative seasonally-adjusted unemployment figures used by her Department.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will now announce the results of her review of the seasonal adjustment of unemployment figures.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she is now able to announce the results of her review of the seasonal adjustment of unemployment figures.

A thorough investigation into alternative methods of seasonally adjusting the unemployment series has been undertaken by the Research Unit at the Central Statistical Office, and a report on this is being prepared. No single alternative to the present method will be adopted until the results have been studied. The report is expected to be completed within the next few weeks and the conclusions will be published as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will give the number of men, women, boys and girls, respectively, who are registered as unemployed in the Mexborough and Wombwell employment exchange areas on the latest available date.

At 13th October, 1969, 944 men, 163 women, 93 boys and 68 girls were registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Mexborough employment exchange. The corresponding figures for the Wombwell area were 415 men, 52 women, 30 boys and 23 girls.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what machinery for consultation now exists between her Department and the Ministry of Technology and the Department of the Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning.

There is close and continuing consultation at both headquarters and regional level.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what is the cost of the Family Expenditure Survey undertaken by her Department.

The estimated total annual cost of the Family Expenditure Survey is approximately £260,000.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she will make a statement of Government policy towards those who have a conscientious objection to joining a trade union.

The Government's policy is that before agreeing to a closed shop employers should seek to obtain suitable protection for people who refuse to join trade unions on conscientious grounds.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will give the latest figure of those unemployed in the Northern Region ; how many of these are men ; and if she will make a statement.

At 13th October, 1969 there were in the Northern Region 61,727 persons registered as unemployed, of whom 49,528 were men.The number of men unemployed has declined by about 2,000 over the past year, but the Government still regard the level of unemployment in the north as unacceptably high. They are confident that the determined and wide-ranging measures they have taken to reduce it will have increasing effect.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will give the figures of unemployment of men and boys in the Aberdeen, Banchory, Huntly and Inverurie employment exchange areas for each of the past six months, categorised into age groups as of under 18, 18 to 25, 26 to 35, 36 to 45, 46 to 55 and 56 to 65, respectively.

Detailed age analyses of the register of wholly unemployed are made in January and July. I will, with permission, circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the figures for July, 1969.Following is the information:

AGE ANALYSIS OF THE MALES REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED AT I 4TH JULY, 1969 IN THE AREAS COVERED BY THE ABERDEEN, BANCHORY, HUNTLY AND INVERURIE EMPLOYMENT Ex-CHANGES
	Aberdeen	Banchory	Huntly	Inverurie
Under 18	97	4	5	3
18–24	388	10	17	10
25–34	333	8	19	7
35–44	309	5	17	6
45–54	330	15	22	13
55–64	482	32	30	36
65 and
over	2	—	1	1
TOTAL	1,941	74	111	76

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity when she proposes to publish the criteria for prices and incomes policy after the end of 1969.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will make a statement on the future of the prices and incomes policy.

A White Paper on the Productivity, Prices and Incomes Policy after the end of 1969 will be published later in the year after consultations which I am shortly to begin with the Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what proposals she has to introduce fresh legislation relating to prices and incomes during the next 12 months.

I have nothing to add to what my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said on 28th October during the debate on the address in reply to the Gracious Speech.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she will now publish the results of the study of the phased introduction of equal pay carried out by her Department together with the Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress.

I would refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 16th October to the hon. Member for Wembley, South (Sir R. Russell).—[Vol. 788, c. 1111

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what estimates she has made of the comparative additional cost to industry in a full year of introducing equal pay for equal work and equal pay for work of equal value, respectively ; and approximately how many employees she estimates would be affected in either case.

I have made no specific estimates of the cost to industry of introducing equal pay for equal work or equal pay for work of equal value. Neither is a precise concept and neither is the basis of the legislation which we intend to introduce. I estimate the cost of introducing equal pay by prohibiting discrimination in pay on grounds of sex in defined practical circumstances as an increase of 3–4 per cent. of the national wage and salary bill by 1975. The results of the survey into the costs of equal pay in selected industries will be published as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many hours she estimates were lost to industry through unofficial strikes during May, June, July, August, September and October, 1969.

As the reply consists of a table of figures, I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT. Separate estimates are available only for stoppages known to be official. The great majority of the remainder would have been unofficial. All these estimates are subject to continuous adjustment as new information is received. Estimates for October are not yet available.Following is the information now available:

		Working days lost in all stoppages in progress
		Total	Known to be official
May,1969	…	396,000	106,000
June,1969	…	405,000	165,000
July,1969	…	427,000	121,000
August,1969	…	542,000	28,000
September,1969	…	361,000	12,000

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what has been the number of days lost by unofficial strikes to date in 1969 ; and what was the number for the same period last year.

It is provisionally estimated that in the period 1st January to 30th September, 1969, stoppages of work due to industrial disputes resulted in the loss of a total of 3,989,000 working days at the establishments where the dis- putes occurred. Of this total 1,188,000 days were accounted for by stoppages known to have been official. The great majority of the remainder would have been unofficial. For the same period in 1968 the corresponding figures were 3,907,000and 2,069,000.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she is satisfied with the progress so far made to implement the agreement reached with the Trades Union Congress last July on dealing with unofficial strikes ; and if she will make a Statement.

The Government welcome the manner in which the T.U.C. General Council has set about using its new powers to attempt to settle or avert serious disputes.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will make a statement on the Government's proposals for future co-ordination of the work of the National Board for Prices and Incomes, the Monopolies Commission, and the Commission on Industrial Relations.

As regards the N.B.P.I. and the Monopolies Commission, I have nothing at present to add to what my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said on 28th October in the debate on the address in reply to the Gracious Speech. The C.I.R. is not affected by these proposals. As Minister responsible for all three bodies, my right hon. Friend will ensure any necessary co-ordination between them.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she proposes to issue a new White Paper to replace In Place of Strife.

I have nothing to add to my hon. Friend's reply to the Question from the hon. Member for Harrow, West (Mr. John Page) on 22nd October.—[Vol. 788, c. 249.]

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what was the number of persons applying in 1968 to offices of her Department for professional occupations ; what percentage of those so applying were found such occupations ; and if she will make a statement.

During 1968 there were 72,058 registrations with the Professional and Executive Register, which deals with most professions and also with managerial, technical and scientific posts ; 10,608 vacancies were filled by the Register during the same periodn—14·7 per cent. of the total of registrations. Steps to extend and improve the work of the Register are continuing and include additional staff, better staff training, speedier circulation of vacancies and movement of some offices into better premises.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity to what causes she ascribes the net loss of jobs in Scotland between December, 1965 and December, 1968.

The decrease between December, 1965 and December, 1968 in the number of employees in employment in Scotland is attributable in large measure to the contraction of some of Scotland's basic industries. Without the Government's intensified regional policies, through which—counting only projects requiring industrial development certificates—over 48,000 new manufacturing jobs were created in the three-year period, employment in Scotland would have been much lower.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will approve the setting up of an engineering training establishment for apprentices in Hamilton, in view of the need for jobs for school leavers ; and if she will make a statement.

Apprentice training is a matter for industry through the industrial training boards. The Engineering Industry Training Board has set up a number of training workshops for the first year training of engineering craftsmen near Hamilton, and has under consideration an application for a workshop in Hamilton itself.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what steps are being taken to offer re-training as a consequence of the closure of Easthouses Colliery.

Most of the re-training required is likely to be at operator level and can best be given by employers with the help of industrial training boards and of the Government grants which are available to assist such training in development areas. Redundant mineworkers from this colliery who want and are suitable for the accelerated training for skill provided at Government training centres will be able to obtain it at Edinburgh, or at any of the other 41 centres where the trade of their choice is taught.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will seek to legislate so as to make it lawful to employ women on shiftwork.

Shiftwork is already lawful for women not employed in factories ; that is to say, about three-quarters of the women in employment. There are restrictions in the Factories Act, but my right hon. Friend is empowered to relax them. These restrictions, like the other provisions of that Act, are currently under review.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she is aware that the Family Expenditure Survey shows that the average weekly household income is now £30 ; whether she will give a list of industries where the rates of pay fall below this figure ; and whether when restricting wage increases she will ensure that no stoppage or hold-up in wage awards is made by her Department when the average wage rate falls below £30 per week.

I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to his identical Question on 22nd October, 1969.—[Vol. 786, c. 246–7.]

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she is aware of the growing practice of independent television companies of paying high fees for broadcasts similar to those for which the British Broadcasting Corporation have paid lower fees ; whether this is within the Government's wages, prices and incomes policy ; whether she will refer it to the National Board for Prices and Incomes ; and whether she will make a statement.

I have nothing to add to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend in reply to an identical question on 22nd October.—[Vol. 788, c. 247.]

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if, in the forthcoming legislation on trade unions, she will seek to make it illegal for organisations to spy and report on individuals on behalf of companies.

No. The Government will, however, remain watchful for evidence of malpractices which might justify their taking action to reinforce the protection afforded to individuals by the present law.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she is aware that during the period of the Government's wages, prices and incomes policy hundreds of company directors have regularly increased their salaries by amounts varying from 10 per cent. to 50 per cent. ; what action she has now taken or intends taking to investigate these large increases ; and whether she will publish the result of her findings.

The National Board for Prices and Incomes found in its report on top salaries that pay increases for top executives since September 1965 had been less than those given, on average, lower down. In some cases my Department has taken up particular cases with the firms concerned, but it is not our policy to discuss individual cases in public.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she will make a statement on the action she has taken or intends taking to resolve the industrial dispute affecting the London Fire Brigade.

Discussions have been taking place within the negotiating machinery for firemen, and a national agreement for consideration by the National Joint Council for Local Authorities' Fire Brigades at its meeting on 13th November has been reached. It would not be appropriate for me to intervene in these circumstances.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she is aware of the inconvenience caused to the travelling public through the lightning strikes at Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh Airports on Monday 27th October ; and if she will take steps to inquire into the origins of these unofficial stoppages.

I would refer the hon. Member to the answer given earlier today to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Govan (Mr. Rankin).

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what action he is taking to encourage children in the Northern Region to continue to stay at school after school-leaving age.

There has been a significant improvement in recent years in the numbers of children staying on voluntarily at school in the region. Between 1964 and 1968 the percentage of pupils over the age of 15 staying on voluntarily rose from 24·2 per cent. to 40·5 per cent. In addition, nearly a third of young people aged 15 to 17 are receiving some form of further education. The raising of the school-leaving age in 1972–73 will strongly reinforce these encouraging tendencies. But as my right hon. Friend has repeatedly said, we shall not be satisfied until the Northern Region achieves the same record of voluntary staying on as marks the more favourable areas in the rest of the country.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the amount of capital spent on primary education and secondary education, respectively, in the West Riding of Yorkshire for each year since 1962.

The figures for the West Riding local education authority are as follows :

			£ thousands
			Primary	Secondary
1961–62	…	…	838	2,183
1962–63	…	…	884	3,008
1963–64	…	…	952	4,179
1964–65	…	…	1,646	4,178
1965–66	…	…	1,485	2,564
1966–67	…	…	2,780	2,907
1967–68	…	…	2,498	3,650
1968–69	…	…	2,900	3,383
NOTE: The figures are for capital expenditure met from revenue and loans in respect of land, buildings (including professional fees), furniture and equipment.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the amount of money allocated for primary and secondary school building projects in the Mexborough and Staincross divisional education areas during the current building programme period, indicating the names of the schools involved.

The following projects are included in the starts programme for 1969–70:

	£
Conisbrough Morley Place County Junior.	80,745
Dearne Thurnscoe County Junior	77,189
Swinton Brookfield County Junior	80,745
Conisbrough Denaby Main County Infant.	58,997
Conisbrough Balby Street County Infant.	43,222

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy regarding Northern Ireland, including the nature and extent of their present commitments in and to Northern Ireland.

I would refer my hon. and learned Friend to the communiqués issued on 19th August, 29th August and 10th October, and to what I said in the debate in this House on 13th October.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will institute an inter-departmental inquiry into methods of reducing the number of children who are severely burnt on 5th November each year.

I do not think that the institution of a formal inquiry would be helpful. But, as I announced in the Adjournment debate on 29th October, my right hon. Friend proposes to arrange a meeting of all the organisations concerned with the problem of injuries caused by fireworks when the 1969 figures have been analysed.

asked the Minister of Transport how many drivers have been prosecuted for exceeding the speed limit since the 60 m.p.h. restriction was introduced on the A45 between Thurlaston roundabout and the Birmingham boundary.

I have been asked to reply. Complete information is not readily available. There have been 206 prosecutions relating to all save two short stretches of those parts of the road subject to the 60 m.p.h speed limit.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has considered the case of Mr. Dirk Nikodem whose application for naturalisation has been deferred on the ground that his period of residence in Great Britain was as a university student ; and if he will arrange that his student years of residence in Great Britain shall be added to his other years of residence for the purpose of his naturalisation as a British citizen.

I have written to my hon. and learned Friend.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now cause an official investigation to be made into all aspects of the way in which prison rules and regulations were consistently and persistently broken by the Kray twins.

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply to his identical Question on 22nd October.—[Vol. 788, c. 256.]

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many representations he has received against Statutory Instrument No. 1110 on betting and gaming.

109 letters and 32 petitions.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many representations have been made to the Gaming Board against Statutory Instrument No. 1110 on betting and gaming.

I am informed that the Gaming Board has received 33 letters.

asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications when the B.B.C.2 colour transmitter at Limavady will be in service ; what delays there have been ; and for what reason.

The B.B.C. tells me that it now expects B.B.C.2 transmissions from the Limavady station to start early in 1970 and not this year as previously stated. The reason is delay in the delivery of essential equipment.

asked the Minister of Technology how many miners at Easthouses Colliery will be made redundant ; what are their ages ; and how many jobs were lost as a consequence of the closure.

The National Coal Board informs me that this colliery closed with the agreement of the union, because of deteriorating working conditions. Redeployment discussions are not yet completed but it is expected that about 250 men will be redundant, most of them over 55 years of age. The closure of the colliery will represent a loss of 824 jobs.

asked the Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning whether he will make a statement on Government policy relating to the grey areas and the implementation of the Hunt Report.

I would refer the hon. Member to my speech and that of my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Ministry of Technology in yesterday's debate on the Second Reading of the Local Employment Bill.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether a fair wages clause is enforced in work done by subcontractors as well as contractors when a tender is accepted for Government work.

The fair wages clause in the standard conditions of Government contracts states that the contractor shall be responsible for the observance by sub-contractors employed in the execution of the contract of the fair wages resolution passed by the House of Commons on 14th Ocotber, 1946. The clause also states that, if required, contractors shall notify the Department concerned of the names and addresses of all subcontractors.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the proportion of the Government's total expenditure on goods and services which is spent in Wales.

On the basis of provisional out-turn figures, identifiable expenditure by the central Government on goods and services in Wales in 1968–69 amounted to nearly 5 per cent. of the corresponding expenditure in the United Kingdom. As the population of Wales, estimated at mid-1968, amounted to 4·9 per cent. of the population of the United Kingdom, this suggests that identifiable expenditure on goods and services per head in Wales is the same as in the United Kingdom as a whole.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide for the new Eggs Authority to have sufficient financial support from Government and industry to carry out its main rôle of stabilising the egg industry through support buying.

The Government's proposals for the financing of the proposed new Eggs Authority are set out in Part I of the Agriculture Bill, which is being debated by the House today.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans he has to amend the Bull and Boar Licensing Regulations, in particular to take account of standards of performance.

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and I have decided that it is now right to consider whether the statutory arrangements for sire licensing are still appropriate. We shall shortly be consulting the organisations concerned, and these consultations will cover the case for retaining, amending or abolishing the present system of licensing. Decisions on future policy will be taken in the light of these consultations.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will give an assurance that it remains Government policy, following the proposed legislation on eggs, to maintain the system of subsidies for other sections of the agricultural industry.

I have no plans for removing any other commodities from the guarantees.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many rabies quarantine stations there are in the United Kingdom ; how often these are inspected by his Department ; and how often, during the last five years, breaches of the regulations at these stations have been reported.

There are 44 quarantine premises in Great Britain approved under the Importation of Cats and Dogs Order 1928. They are subject to quarterly inspections by veterinary officers of my Department, who also carry out special visits whenever necessary, for example in the light of the weekly reports which the private veterinary surgeons, who are responsible for those premises, are required to submit to my Department.During the past five years there have been twelve incidents reported which could be interpreted as breaches of the quarantine regulations.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what sum has been spent by his Department on the evaluation and importation of Charolais cattle.

I regret that expenditure under these heads cannot be identified, but the greater part of the expenditure in connection with the importation of Charolais cattle has been met by members of the Charolais Cattle Society and the artificial insemination organisations.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what sum has been spent by his Department on the promotion and evaluation of British breeds of cattle.

My Department has always contributed, in a multitude of ways, to the promotion and evaluation of British breeds of cattle. I am afraid that it would be quite impossible to identify this as expenditure under separate heads.

asked the Prime Minister whether he will give an assurance that when civil servants and or Government Departments impede Members of Parliament from carrying out their duties to their constituents, he will, on being given the particulars, take whatever action may be necessary to ensure that such impediments cease.

I am not aware of any such impediments.

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what increase there has been since October, 1964, in the number of unestablished non-industrial civil servants, excluding staff of the Post Office.

22,300.

asked the Prime Minister to which Minister the Roskill Commission on the Third London Airport will now report, following the reorganisation of the Board of Trade and Ministry of Technology.

To my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade, as there has been no change in departmental responsibilities for civil aviation.

asked the Prime Minister if he will place in the Library a copy of the transcript of his interview on the British Broadcasting Corporation's Woman's Hour about equal pay and other subjects.

I did so yesterday.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what is the annual subsidy paid by his Department to the Wadebridge and Padstow Rural District Council for nine bungalows built at Sarah's Lane, Padstow.

If the bungalows are completed before the end of this financial year, the subsidy will be £1,029 a year.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what consultations he has had with the local authorities about the control of council rent increases after the end of 1969 ; and what intimation he has given them of his conclusions.

The Secretary of State for Wales and I have made with the associations representing all local housing authorities except the Greater London Council the agreement set out below. The Greater London Council was also consulted, but refused to subscribe to the agreement. An extract from the letter sent to the associations and the Greater London Council on 28th October, 1969, is given below.AGREEMENT ON INCREASES IN LOCAL AUTHORITY RENTSMThe local authority associations agree to recommend to their members that they should observe the terms of the following agreement made with the Minister of Housing and Local Government and the Secretary of State for Wales on increases in rent for dwellings included in Housing Revenue Accounts. The agreement will run from 1st January, 1970. until 30th June, 1971.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why he has instructed the Scottish Special Housing Association not to build any more houses in Glasgow ; and if he will make a statement.

Since the beginning of 1966 the association's programme has been directed to housing for economic growth and for Glasgow overspill.The association has made a massive contribution towards solving Glasgow Corporation's problems by building over 10,000 houses within the city and over 5,000 for Glasgow people in overspill areas. Further very substantial help from the association, at Erskine, has been offered to the corporation.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement about the Committee on One-Parent Families, foreshadowed in paragraph 42 of the White Paper, National Superannuation and Social Insurance, Command Paper No. 3883.

The names of the chairman and members of the Committee are as follows :

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that former employees of a firm in liquidation, about which the hon. Member for Hornsey has

asked the President of the Board of Trade how much cheese and curd were imported in 1968, and from January to August, 1969 ; and what proportion came from countries of the European Economic Community.

The following is the information:Writtern to him, although preferential creditors in law have been waiting for more than 11 years for their arrears of salary to be paid to them; and what action his Department is taking to ensure that payment is made.

I regret the delays to which the hon. Member refers. As he knows, the liquidator appointed by the court has paid the preferential claims of the employees in full and dividends totalling 7s. 6d. in the £ on account of their non-preferential claims for salary in lieu of notice. The creditors of the company and of other companies associated with it have approved a method of distributing certain further funds but the liquidators of the companies have been advised that they must obtain an order of the court before distributing these funds. Solicitors and counsel have been instructed to apply to the court but have not yet been able to do so. The Board of Trade is keeping in touch with the liquidators in the matter.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the value for each of the last 12 months to the latest convenient date of aircraft components supplied to the United States of America for incorporation in United States military aircraft supplied or to be supplied to Her Majesty's Government.

The following is the information :

EXPORTS OF COMPONENTS FOR INCORPORATION IN U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT SUPPLIED OR TO BE SUPPLIED TO HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
					£million
1968
October	…	…	…	…	5·3
November	…	…	…	…	5·9
December	…	…	…	…	4·9
1969
January	…	…	…	…	3·7
February	…	…	…	…	0·8
March	…	…	…	…	3·7
April	…	…	…	…	0·7
May	…	…	…	…	1·0
June	…	…	…	…	0·7
July	…	…	…	…	0·4
August	…	…	…	…	1·1
September	…	…	…	…	0·3

The above figures relate to components purchased by the United Kingdom Government and supplied to the United States for incorporation in the aircraft, without involving any payment from overseas. In addition, there were about £9 million of sales of components by United Kingdom suppliers to the United States manufacturers in the period above.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the value of imports of military aircraft and missiles from the United States of America in each of the quarters of 1967 and 1968 and in the first three quarters of 1969.

The following is the information :

IMPORTS (ARRIVALS) OF U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT. MISSILES AND PARTS
£ million
			1967	1968	1969
1st Quarter	…	…	3·3	19·6	51·4
2nd Quarter	…	…	15·6	25·4	65·7
3rd Quarter	…	…	11·2	37·1	46·7
4th Quarter	…	…	13·5	63·6

asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the percentage increase in dollar terms in British exports between 1964 and a 12-month period to the latest convenient date ; and what were the equivalent figures for world exports and the total exports of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, excluding Great Britain, respectively.

The following is the information :

INCREASE IN EXPORTS BETWEEN 1964 AND JULY 1968–JUNE 1969
			All commodities
			per cent.
United Kingdom	…	…	27
World (other than U.K.)*	…	…	51
O.E.C.D. (other than U.K.)	…	…	59
* Excluding Sino-Sovict countries.

asked the Minister of Transport in how many cases he and his predecessors exercised discretion in halting rail closures in Lancashire, Cheshire and the High Peak area since January 1965 ; and in how many cases social need was a factor in arriving at such decisions.

My predecessors withheld consent either wholly or in part to proposals to discontinue railway passenger services on 17 lines and from one individual station in this area. Social need was a factor in every case.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the gross number of persons who have emigrated from Wales in each of the last 10 years.

The only information which is available relates to 196061, 1965–66 and the five-year period 196166 and is given below. For purposes of comparison I have also included details about immigration into Wales.

			Number of Persons who left Wales left other areas in Great Britain	Numbers of Persons who left other areas in Great Britain for Wales
1960–61	…	…	37,540*	35,420*
1965–66	…	…	36,010	36,710
1961–66	…	…	109,590	109,820
* The 1960–61 figures relate only to movement from Wales to England and vice versa.