asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will now make the disease brucellosis notifiable in order to stop its further spread.

No. Brucellosis cannot effectively be diagnosed without a veterinary examination and a serological test. It would therefore be unrealistic to require owners to notify this disease.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he is satisfied that the S.19 and 45/20 vaccines are adequate for the requirements of the programme of brucellosis eradication; and whether his Department will promote research into other vaccines and drugs for the prevention and cure of the disease.

These are the most effective known vaccines for preventing brucellosis. In addition to conducting investigations, our veterinary laboratory keeps in close touch with developments in world research in this field, including curative drug treatments.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether, in view of the increasing danger of the spread of brucellosis through the sale of infected animals, he will now introduce a slaughter and compensation policy either on a national or on a regional basis.

I would refer the hon. Member to the statement my right hon. Friend made when replying to the hon. Member for Knutsford (Sir W Bromley-Davenport) on 15th October, 1969.—[Vol. 788, c. 87–8.]

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what regulations he proposes to make under the Gaming Act regarding the games, charges and hours in licensed gaming clubs; and whether he will make a statement.

In accordance with recommendations made by the Gaming Board, and with the agreement of the Secretary of State for Scotland, I have decided to make regulations to the following effect.Regulations under Section 13 will authorise the following banker's games subject to specified conditions:

asked the Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning what representations he has received from the Darlington Borough Council concerning the Redcliffe-Maud Report; and what proposals he has for consulting Darlington and neighbouring local authorities in the immediate future.

Darlington County Borough Council has accepted the broad outlines of the report. It has however proposed that there should be an additional unitary area, centred on Darlington. I shall give full weight to the council's views before reaching any conclusions. There will be thorough consultations on boundaries after the White Paper giving the Government's decisions on structure has been laid before the House.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the present position of the motorway schemes at Pontardulais, Morriston, Pyle, Llaniltern-Pencoed and Tredegar Park to St. Mellons; and when in the early 1970s he expects them to be completed.

I have nothing to add to the replies given to the hon. Member on 28th February and 25th March 1969—[Vol. 778, c. 396; Vol. 780, c. 292].

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average weekly wage of forestry workers in Wales; and what is the average weekly wage of supervisory grades.

The Commission employs a wide variety of industrial staff and the earnings of forest workers are not identified separately in the accounts. A figure for the average weekly forest workers' earnings is not therefore available. The basic weekly wages of forest workers employed by the Forestry Commission are:

			£	s.	d.
Basic rate	…	…	12	12	0
Skilled Forest Worker	…	…	13	3	0

These earnings may be supplemented by piecework.2. Non-industrial supervisors in the Forestry Commission are paid annual salaries within the appropriate scale. For the grades mainly concerned these scales are;

		Annual Salary
		From	To
		£	£
District Officer (Grade I)	…	2,093	2,774
District Officer (Grade II)	…	1,144	2,093
Chief Forester	…	1,818	2,261
Head Forester	…	1,556	1,818
Forester	…	1,203	1,556

3. No information is available on earnings within the private sector.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how much land was acquired by the Forestry Commission in Wales during the last three years; and how much has been acquired by the Economic Forestry Group.

During the three years ended 31st March, 1969, the Forestry Commission acquired 10,800 acres of plantable land in Wales. I have no complete information about private transactions in land, including those of the Economic Forestry Group; but during this period, proposals were made on behalf of the Group's clients for the future planting of 8,500 acres under the Commission's grant schemes.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many acres of land in Wales are under forest belonging to the Forestry Commission and private forestry groups; and how many acres of land ready for planting are available to each group.

At 31st March 1969, the Forestry Commisison had 302,100 and 32,400 acres awaiting planting. Corrosponding estimates for land owned by clients of the private forestry groups and managed, or proposed for management, under the Commission's grant scheme were 25,500 acres and 4,100 acres respectively.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what proposals the Forestry Commission has submitted to him to establish an industry to use the timber now available in Mid-Wales and to improve the marketing of its own timber; and what action he proposes to take.

No special action is considered necessary because demand exceeds supply and existing markets are capable of expanding to absorb all the expected increase in production from Welsh forests in the foreseeable future.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many people are employed by the Forestry Commission in Wales; how many of them are in supervisory grades; and what was the position 10 years ago.

Of the 1,987 people employed on 30th September, 1969, 232 were in supervisory grades. Comparable figures ten years ago were 3,597 and 298.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many forestry workers have been declared redundant during the last three years; and how many supervisors have become redundant during the same period.

In the three years ended 30th September, 1969, 75 industrial workers were discharged by the Forestry Commission in Wales under the redundancy procedure. One member of the supervisory forester grades was retired a year earlier than the retiring age traditionally accepted for these grades in the Commission. This retiring age is now being reduced by stages and the full effects of this policy will not become apparent until 1970–71. No information is available for the private sector.

asked the Minister of Technology what is the basis of the statement in the Atomic Energy Authority's Annual Report, published on 1st October, page 29, paragraph 139, that the Magnox nuclear power stations have been operated at high cumulative load factors, in view of their previous announcement that these stations were operating at reduced capacity because of corrosion inside the reactors.

This is a matter for the Atomic Energy Authority and I am asking the Chairman to write to my hon. Friend.

asked the Minister of Technology what estimate he has made of the total of investment grants which have been paid to companies not United Kingdom based in respect of orders placed for capital equipment overseas.

Investment grants are made only to persons carrying on a business in Great Britain. Information on grant paid on imported equipment is not available.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he intends to licence the abortion centre in Arthur Road, Edgbaston; whether he is satisfied that precautions have been taken against the possibility of haemorrhage, anasthetic accidents and control of bacteriology in the theatre; and if he will make a statement.

I hope to give a decision in the very near future.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the per capita expenditure of the regional hospital boards for the last available year.

The information is as follows:

Regional Hospital Board	Capital Expenditure 1968–69	Revenue Expenditure 1968–69
	(per capita)	(per capita)
	£	£
Newcastle	1·4	13·2
Leeds	2·2	14·1
Sheffield	1·9	10·9
East Anglia	1·6	10·9
North West Metropolitan	1·5	12·6
North East Metropolitan	1·8	15·2
South East Metropolitan	1·6	14·2
South West Metropolitan	1·4	16·0
Oxford	2·0	12·1
South Western	1·7	14·4
Birmingham	1·7	12·0
Manchester	1·5	13·1
Liverpool	1·9	14·7
Wessex	1·8	13·5

These figures have been calculated by dividing the total expenditure of each regional hospital board by the estimated population of its area. They make no allowance for the fact that one regional hospital board may provide services for patients who reside in the area of another, nor do they include expenditure by boards of governors of teaching hospitals.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will list the special concessions administered by his Department which are available for retirement pensioners; how many of these concessions only apply to a limited number of pensioners; and what is the Government's policy on the granting of concessions which can only be obtained by small numbers of people.

None. The Government believe that in general concessions can apply unfairly because retirement pensioners like the rest of the community have different needs and preferences. We prefer to provide retirement pensioners with an income which they can spend as they choose.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what consultations he has had with the chief constables in whose areas the South African Rugby team have games; and whether he will seek to arrange that they should attend the conference being called by the Secretary of State for the Home Department following recent incidents at Swansea;(2) what advice he has given the police about the use of stewards or vigilantes at the South African Rugby team's games in Scotland.

I have invited the Chief Constables of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk, in whose areas matches against the Springboks are to be played, to attend the conference referred to, which is being held on Monday, 24th November, and at which my hon. Friend the Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland will be present. No advice has been issued to the police about the use of stewards or vigilantes but this is one of the matters which will be discussed at the conference.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the estimated percentage of the total number of teachers in State schools who are earning less than £1,000 per annum, between £1,000 and £1,500, between £1,500 and £2,000, between £2,000 and £2,500, and over £2,500.

The estimated percentages for full-time qualified teachers in maintained primary and secondary schools paid the salaries shown were at 1st April, 1969, as follows:

Under	£1,000–	£1,500–	£2,000–	£2,500
£1,000	£1,499	£1,999	£2,499	and over
13	28	40	16	3

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what reply he has given to the County Borough of Stockport regarding proposals submitted for the reorganisation of secondary education in the area; and if he will make a statement.

The Authority has withdrawn its original plan and I understand that it is preparing revised proposals with a middle school pattern. I shall give these careful consideration as soon as I receive them.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the annual total education grant to the County Borough of Bolton since 1963 to the present time, including the estimate for 1969–70.

:I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to his similar

CAPITAL EXPENDITURE* ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL BUILDING IN THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF STOCKPORT-1960–61 TO 1969–70
					1960–61	1961–62	1962–63	1963–64	1964–65	1965–66
					£	£	£	£	£	£
Primary	…	…	…	…	—	—	74,443	190,095	51,609	50,758
Secondary	…	…	…	…	5,071	124,702	230,370	210,725	35,926	90,837
Minor Works		…	…	…	41,518	—	12,850	68,094	23,950	29,446
			Total	…	46,589	124,702	318,663	468,914	111,485	171,041

					1966–67	1967–68	1968–69	1969–70†	Total†
					£	£	£	£	£
Primary	…	…	…	…	111,517	207,583	129,413	115,803	932,221
secondary	…	…	…	…	104,903	70,892	—	91,434	964,860
Minor Works		…	…	…	77,640	38,188	44,517	60,000	336,203
			Total	…	294,060	316,663	173,930	267,237	2,233,284
NOTE
*Including expenditure on voluntary schools but excluding the purchase of sites, professional fees, and the cost of furniture and equipment. Since construction periods vary from project to project. the expenditure in a given year may relate to more than one annual building programme.
†These figures include estimated amounts.

asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications what proportion of Welsh television viewers can receive B.B.C. Wales, B.B.C. 1, B.B.C. 2 from transmitters inside and outside Wales, respectively, Harlech trans

				Harlech
	B.B.C. Wales	B.B.C.1	B.B.C.2	General	Welsh	I.T.V
From within Wales	74	71	64	64	82	Nil
From without Wales	Nil	16	22	Nil	Nil	15

Approximately 0·25 million people in Wales who cannot receive television broadcasts from stations with Wales

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the capital expenditure for primary and secondary school building, respectively, in the County Borough of Stockport in each financial year from 1960 to date, including an estimate for the current year; and if he will list the details in the OFFICIAL. REPORT.

The information required is given in the following table:missions, and I.T.V. transmissions from transmitters outside Wales; and what number can receive no programmes broadcast from stations inside Wales but can receive programmes broadcast from English stations.

The B.B.C. and the I.T.A. tell me that the percentages of Welsh television viewers able to receive programmes from transmitters within and without Wales are:can receive them from stations in England.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many Scottish firms are to the latest convenient date due to take part in the trade drive in Finland and the shopping weeks in Sweden.

All Scottish firms are free to take advantage of the Trade Drive in Finland in 1970 and the British shopping weeks in Sweden in 1970. At this stage we do not know how many Scottish firms will be taking part.

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many Beagle, Series I and II, B206 aircraft were brought on to the United Kingdom register from 1st January, 1965, to 30th September, 1969.

B.121 SERIES AIRCRAFT
MANDATORY MODIFICATIONS AS AT 19TH NOVEMBER, 1969
Mod.No.		Particulars of Modification Inspection	Remarks
BE.264	…	Modified fuel tank support angle at front spar of wing.	Applicable to all Series up tp Con. No. 050 inclusive. Compliance required by 1st September, 1969. Beagle Service Bulletin B.121/5 refers.
BE.280	…	Main Wheel Hubs AH.52595—Modification	Applicable to all B.121 Series. Should have been embodied by 1st July, 1969. Beagle Service Bulletin B.121/6 refers.
BE.318	…	Rudder Control Tube Assemblies—Modification	Applicable to all B.121 Series up to and including Con. No. 092. Compliance required by 31st August, 1969. In the interim Beagle Service Bulletin B.121/8 must be complied with.
BE.344	…	"No Smoking" Placarding	Applicable to all Beagle B.121 Series aircraft. Compliance required by 31st July, 1969.
BE.349	…	Introduction of Modified Engine Bearers	Applicable to all B.121 Series 2 and 3 aircraft up to and including Con. No. 106. Compliance required not later than 300 flying hours.
BE.347	…	Introduction of Cabin Fire Extinguisher	Applicable to all B.121 Series up to and including Con. No. 022.
BE.381	…	Introduction of Baggage Lashing Rings or Rear Cabin Floor.
BE.382	…	Cover Modification for Dunlop Modification No. C31268 (Nose Wheel Hub Clamping Plates).

asked the President of the Board of Trade what arrangements he has made for the certification of hovercraft.

We consider that the interests of the industry and of the

Thirty-seven aircraft. The numbers in each year are given below.

	N.206 Series I	Series II	Totals
1965	5	1—	6
1966	3	17—	20
1967	—	6—	6
1968	—	4—	4
1969(to 30th September)	—	1—	1
	8	29	37

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many mandatory modifications have been issued by the Air Registration Board in respect of the Beagle 121, Series I and II, production aircraft; and if he will list them in detail.

Eight modifications specific to Beagle 121, Series I and II aircraft have been made mandatory by the Air Registration Board. These are listed in detail below:public would best be served by the delegation of functions relating to the design, construction and maintenance of hovercraft to an independent authority as soon as the state of the industry justifies it. We propose therefore to appoint, after consultation with the industry, a committee on which the Air Registration Board and Lloyd's Register of Shipping will be invited to serve and whose task will be to make recommendations regarding the constitution, terms of reference and financing of such an authority, and to pave the way for its establishment. In the meantime, we propose that the Air Registration Board should be appointed the interim certification authority and should be given the appropriate functions by Order in Council under the Hovercraft Act. 1968.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the number of night flights to and from

AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT AT HEATHROW AND GATWICK AIRPORTS
									Number
Heathrow Airport					Gatwick Airport
Year ending		Day (07·00–23.00)		Night (23·00–07·00)		Day(06·00–23·00)		Night (23·30–06·00)
31st Oct.		Landing	Take-off	Landing	Take-off	Landing	Take-off	Landing	Take-off
1966	…	93892	97128	18035	12888	(a)	(a)	(a)	(a)
1967	…	97670	103414	19431	12363	31770	30783	3077	4118
1968	…	104148	109558	19110	13396	33315	32822	2923	3428
1969	…	108871	113770	18459	13472	39795	39550	3795	4218
(a)The information in respect of Gatwick for the year ending 31st October, 1966 is not readily availabel and to provide it would involve undue expenditure of time and money.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, in view of the fact that, by acceding to the Common Market, the United Kingdom will be open to immigrant workers from other member states within the Community without restriction, and coloured Commonwealth immigrants established in Great Britain will be prevented from living and working in other Common Market countries, he will give an assurance that he will negotiate a change in the Community's policy on this matter.

Since the facts referred to by the hon. and gallant Gentleman are not correct, the need for such an assurance does not arise.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Gatwick Airport from 1st April to 31st October, 1969.

3,364 landings and 3,545 take-offs.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the number of day flights and night flights separately in each year both to and from Gatwick and Heathrow Airports from October, 1965, to October, 1966, and each year subsequently until October, 1969.

The information is as follows:how many British policemen are still in Anguilla; why they remain on the island; and when he proposes to withdraw them.

There are 84 British policemen of all ranks in the Anguilla Police Unit plus two civilian radio technicians. They are there to support Her Majesty's Commissioner in his task of maintaining public safety and public order in Anguilla. I cannot yet say when they will leave, as this must depend among other things on the progress of our search for a lasting settlement in Anguilla.

asked the Minister of Transport what arrangements he has made for payments to employees of the Inverurie Railway Workshops made redundant by the closure; and if he will make a statement.

The British Railways Board is making payments to redundant employees in accordance with the Redundancy Payments Act, 1965, and the Board's own redundancy scheme for workshop staff which was agreed with the trade unions.

asked the Minister of Transport what details have still to be clarified by the Greater London Council with regard to their application for a grant for road improvements in High Road, Harrow Weald, in the constituency of the hon. Member for Harrow, East; and whether he will make a statement.

The outstanding details which required clarification were con-

				Principal Road Improvement Grants	Local Employment Act Grant	Special Winter Programme	Total
				£,	£,	£,	£,
1964–65	…	…	…	864	—	—	864
1965–66	…	…	…	1,614	—	—	1,614
1966–67	…	…	…	2,776	6	96	2,878
1967–68	…	…	…	3,089	4	1,057	4,150
1968–69	…	…	…	3,300	10	404	3,714
1969–70	…	…	…	3,148	45	305	3,498

asked the Minister of Transport if he will give a list of the bridges and road tunnels which have been constructed since 1946; what was the cost of each of them; what was the contribution made by his Department towards the total cost; which of them are free to all transport; which of them

Bridges							Percentage of cost paid by Ministry or Transport
Medway Bridge	…	…	…	M2	…	…	100
Thelwall Bridge and Viaduct	…	…	…	M6	…	…	100
Boston manor Bridge	…	…	…	M4	…	…	100
Chiswick-Langley Viaduct	…	…	…	M4	…	…	100
Mancunian Way	…	…	…	Manchester	…	…	75
Higher Fylde Junction	…	…	…	M6	…	…	100
Cumberland Basin Bridge	…	…	…	Bristol	…	…	75
Scotswood Bridge	…	…	…	A695	…	…	75
Aire Bridge, Ferrybridge	…	…	…	A1	…	…	100
Winthorpe Bridge (Newark By-pass)	…	…	…	A1	…	…	100
Greyfriars Bridge	…	…	…	Hereford	…	…	100
Hammersmith Flyover	…	…	…	A	…	…	75
Runcorn Widnes Flyover	…	…	…	A533	…	…	75
Barton Bridge and Viaduct	…	…	…	A62	…	…	75
Queenhill Bridge	…	…	…	M50	…	…	100
Thames Bridge, Maidenhead	…	…	…	M4	…	…	100
Calder Bridge	…	…	…	M1	…	…	100
Wentbridge	…	…	…	M1 and A631	…	…	100
Tinsley Viaduct	…	…	…	M40	…	…	100
Croydon East-West Flyover	…	…	…	Croydon	…	…	75
Bridstow Bridge	…	…	…	M5	…	…	100
River Irwell Bridge	…	…	…	M62	…	…	100
Tunnel
Blackwall Tunnel Duplication	…	…	…	Greenwich	…	…	75

asked the Minister of Transport if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the amount of Government grant aid for roadworks in the county of Northumberland during the years 1964 to 1969, respectively; and whether he will make a statement.

The information is as follows:impose tolls; and what is the amount of the respective tolls

Much of the information requested is not readily available and to obtain it would be inordinately costly.Major bridges and tunnels in England which are not subject to tolls and which have been constructed since 1960 include:

asked the Chancellor of the Exhcequer what representations he ha received from home and abroad about the level of duties imposed on imported wines and spirits; and what replies he has set.

:My right hon. Friend has recently received representations from the Wine and Sprit Association which he is considering.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why he amended the standard conditions of Government contracts for stores purchase in October last so as to include a requirement that contractors shall not act unlawfully in respect to the Race Relations Act, 1968; and whether he will further amend the standard conditions so as to require contractors not to infringe any other provisions of the general law.

To make clear the Government's intention to use its influence as a major purchaser of goods and services to discourage racial discrimination in employment. Other proposals for amendment would be considered on their merits.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out, for each of the last 10 years, the total of private British investment overseas, the amount of private British investment which was invested in the less developed countries, and the total of Government aid to the same countries, respectively.

estimates of total United Kingdom private investment overseas are published in Table 22 of the 1969 Balance of Payments "Pink Book". The available estimates of United Kingdom private investment in developing countries are shown below. Further detail for the years 1962 to 1968, and particulars of aid, are given in Annex 2 of the "Pink Book"; for earlier years financial year data on Government aid only are published in Table 290 of the Annual Abstract of Statistics.

UNITED KINGDOM PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES*
					£
1960	…	…	…	…	149
1961	…	…	…	…	132
1962	…	…	…	…	75
1963	…	…	…	…	73
1964	…	…	…	…	99
1965	…	…	…	…	157
1966	…	…	…	…	95
1967	…	…	…	…	75
1968	…	…	…	…	79
⋆Net of disinvestment.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make a further statement about the date on which he expects the Inland Revenue Computer Centre at Bootle to be set up.

I regret it will not now be possible to bring this centre into operation by the date given by my right hon. Friend, the present Paymaster-General, in his reply to the hon. Member for Hertfordshire, South-West (Mr. Longden) on 14th July. Arrangements are, however, being made to secure temporary accommodation so that the transfer of staff and work to Bootle can proceed and the effect of the delay on the rest of the Inland Revenue's automation programme be reduced as far as possible. —[Vol. 787, c. 49]