asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if he will list any unilateral actions taken by any member of the EEC since 1st January 1973 in areas for which his Department is responsible for negotiating on behalf of the United Kingdom, following inability of all EEC members to agree on common action.

My Department maintains no systematic record of unilateral actions which may have been taken by member States in default of Community agreement. In the absence of agreement to a common Community policy on a particular issue, member States remain free to adopt their own national measures, provided these are consistent with the Treaties and any Community legislation or rule.

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection when the report of the Price Commission on recommended retail prices will be published.

This report is being published today. Copies are being placed in the Library of each House.In the terms of reference which my right hon. Friend gave to the Commission in September last year he asked for an examination of the practice and not for the Commission's recommendations. The Commission's study is essentially one of statistical fact.Meanwhile in Clause 12 of the Price Commission Bill we have proposed provisions prohibiting certain practices relating to the recommendation of prices where that would be appropriate in consequence of a report made by the Commission under Clause 11.The Commission collected over 6,000 observations of prices for 87 selected products and covered the whole range of different types of outlet throughout the country. It found that there are three distinct types of case.

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection (1) how many individuals other than civil servants have been appointed by him to bodies other than departmental committees in the last 12 months; and if he will list in the Official Report the names of the individuals and the bodies to which they have been appointed; (2) how many individuals other than civil servants have been appointed by him to bodies other than departmental committees since February 1974; and if he will list in the Official Report the names of the individuals and the bodies to which they have been appointed.

I am arranging for information regarding salaried appointments to be published in the Official Report as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection (1) what criteria he uses in deciding the appointment of the Chairman of the Central Transport Consultative Committee; (2) what criteria he uses

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection (1) what is the current remuneration paid to the Chairman of the Central Transport Consultative Committee; and whether he has any plans to increase it; (2) from what date chairmen of regional transport users' consultative committees have been paid; and whether he has any plans to increase such payments.

The Chairman of the Central Transport Consultative Committee is paid £1,250 per annum and the

I look for men or women who are likely to be effective in making these committees robust and independent champions of the users they represent.

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether he will state the attendance record of each member of the Central Transport Consultative Committee over the last three years.

The information requested is as follows:chairmen of the area transport users' consultative committees are paid £1,000 per annum. These salaries have been paid since 1st August 1974. The Government are considering the remuneration of chairmen and members of public boards, but I can make no statement at the moment.

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether he will list the names of the chairmen of the 11 regional transport users' consultative committees together with their dates of appointments.

The information requested is as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether he at any stage has asked the current Chairman of the Central Transport Consultative Committee if he was willing to serve a further term as chairman after July 1977; and whether he will make a statement.

It would not be appropriate for me to disclose the content of discussions on appointment matters.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a consultation document on the possible introduction of a three-year tax averaging system for the agriculture and horticulture industries.

This is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in the light of the planned incursions by fishing vessels from various parts of Great Britain into Cornish fishing grounds, if he is satisfied that satisfactory conservation of the present fishing stock will be maintained; and if he will make a statement.

My right hon. Friend and I are aware of plans for the development of the mackerel fishery and are considering whether action may be necessary.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) how many individuals other than civil servants have been appointed by him to bodies other than departmental committees in the last 12 months; and if he will list in the Official Report the names of the individuals and the bodies to which they have been appointed;(2) how many individuals other than civil servants have been appointed by him to bodies other than departmental committees since February 1974; and if he will list in the

The information requested is not readily available and could be assembled only at disproportionate cost. I shall, however, write to the hon. Member with information on the bodies concerned.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Rother Valley (Mr. Hardy), Official Report, 8th March 1977, c. 451–2, he is able to announce which areas are to be attested as free from brucellosis in cattle.

Discussions have been held with the fanners' unions and the British Veterinary Association, and I am now able to declare the first brucellosis attested areas in England and Wales. These are as follows:

The Isles of Scilly

The Isle of Wight

Norfolk and Suffolk

Southern Cumbria and Northern Lancashire together with a small adjacent part of North Yorkshire

Dyfed, Gwynedd and Powys, together with small adjacent parts of Clwyd, Gwent, Mid Glamorgan and West Glamorgan.

asked the Lord President of the Council why the Official Report of the House of Lords Committee stage proceedings is not available in the Vote Office.

There are copies of the proceedings of the House of Lords available in the Vote Office.

asked the Lord President of the Council how much (a) paper and (b) money, he estimates would be saved annually by reducing the weight of standard House of Commons headed notepaper to 85 grammes per square metre.

I have been asked to reply.The savings would be (

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will take steps to ensure that public sector landlords are obliged, as private sector landlords are under the Rent Acts, to inform tenants of their basic rights under the law when issuing notices to quit.

I have no evidence that public sector tenants who are served with notices to quit are materially disadvantaged in this respect. However, as the recently published consultation document "Scottish Housing" (Cmnd 6852) acknowledged, there is a need to develop a model tenancy agreement which would clarify the rights and obligations of both tenants and authorities.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing, for each district and island authority, the total number of council houses, the number of evictions, the number of houses per eviction, and the eviction rate per 1,000 houses in the latest year for which these figures are available.

Information on evictions is not collected centrally.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the latest estimate of the date when the Friarton Bridge will be open to traffic.

I have nothing to add to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Ayr (Mr. Younger) on 16th February.—[Vol. 926, c. 209–10.]

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many individuals other than civil servants have been appointed by him to bodies other than departmental committees since February 1974; and if he will list in the Official Report the names of the individuals and the bodies to which they have been appointed;(2) how many individuals other than civil servants have been appointed by him to bodies other than departmental committees in the last 12 months; and if he will list in the

Information in the form requested by the hon. Member is not readily available, but a list of persons who as at 1st May 1977 held paid public appointments which fall partly or wholly within my responsibility is available in the Library.I am also responsible, either solely or jointly with other Ministers, for over 4,000 unpaid public appointments, details of which in the form requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what he proposes to do about the difficulties that have been created at the lower end of the wage scale by the introduction of the child benefit scheme.

I am not aware that the introduction of child benefit has caused any difficulties for low wage earners: on the contrary, those too poor to pay tax gain from the change in structure from tax allowance to benefit. For those in receipt of FIS and other means-tested benefits, special arrangements have been made to ensure that they are not worse off.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will request local authorities to ensure that the rebate of £7 by the Post Office is paid to disabled subscribers;(2) what discussions he has had with local authorities about the repayment of £7 by the Post Office to persons whose telephone rental is paid by the local authority under the provisions of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970; and if he will make a statement.

I have written both to the Association of County Councils and to the Association of Municipal Authorities to suggest that they inform their constituent authorities of the following statement which I have received from the Post Office:

"The rebate is a general refundment in respect of the excess profit from telephone charges as a whole and does not have components proportional to rental and call charges. Bills in respect of telephone services provided under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 are sent to either the local authority or to the disabled person according to who has arranged to make the full payment to the Post Office. The rebate will appear on bills sent out during the quarter starting 1st October 1977. If the local authority and the disabled person wish to apportion the rebate, this is a matter for them to determine for themselves."

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will announce the date from which he will authorise payment of attendance allowance to the foster parents of mentally handicapped children.

It is proposed that attendance allowance will become payable for physically as well as mentally handicapped foster children, who otherwise satisfy the conditions for the allowance, from 29th August 1977.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services further to his reply to the honourable Member for North Norfolk dated 23rd June 1977, column 485, if he will publish a similar

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when the recommendation of the National Health Service Resource Allocation Working Party that there should be a gradual equalisation of financial resources throughout the regional health authorities, the area health authorities and the districts by basing allocations upon populations served, adjusted to take account of various significant factors, will be implemented.

The policy of fairer distribution to which the Government are committed was set in motion in 1976–77 on the basis of interim recommendations from the Resource Allocation Working Party and has been continued in the allocations for 1977–78 broadly upon the principles proposed in its second report. While some limited redistribution will generally be possible, I recognise that there are circumstances in some places which will make it impracticable this year.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether the orthopaedic surgeons' burden of seeing

The value of benefits provided in respect of children for 1976–77 and 1977–78 are as follows:patients in out-patient clinics could be redistributed to general practitioners so that surgeons can commit themselves more thoroughly to in-patient care.

It must be recognised that patients are normally referred to outpatient clinics because their family doctors feel they should be treated by someone with specialised knowledge and experience. My Department already encourages suitably qualified general practitioners to work part-time in hospitals as members of hospital teams, but the general practitioners treat patients under the supervision of the relevant consultant who retains primary responsibility for the patients' treatment. I see this as a useful development which goes some way to meeting what the right hon. Gentleman has in mind.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many individuals other than civil servants had been appointed by him to bodies other than departmental committees since February 1974; and if he will list in the Official Report the names of the individuals and the bodies to which they have been appointed;

Apart from the information about appointments to area health authorities which was given in my right hon. Friend's reply to the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Mr. Macfarlane) on 28th June 1977—[Vol. 934. c. 148–154]—the information which the hon. Member has sought is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is the approved method of administering BCG vaccine to schoolchildren;(2) if his medical advisers are satisfied that the level of the injection of BCG vaccine by the dermo-jet method can be effectively controlled.

I shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services in how many cases there has been a reported adverse reaction to BCG vaccine administered by the dermo-jet method.

I shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the cost of the attendance allowance in each year since its inception.

The information requested is given below:

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what residential provision there is, other than hos- pitals, for stroke patients requiring comprehensive recuperative therapy, including reading, writing and arithmetic.

I shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many National Health Service dispensing pharmacies there are currently in Norfolk outside the Norwich city boundaries; and how this compares with the position in January 1970 and January 1965.

I shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.

asked the Prime Minister whether he will list his official engagements for 7th July 1977.

asked the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for 7th July.

asked the Prime Minister if he will list his engagements for 7th July.

asked the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for 7th July.

asked the Prime Minister whether he will list his official engagements for 7th July.

asked the Prime Minister whether he will list his engagements for Thursday 7th July 1977.

asked the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for 7th July.

asked the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for 7th July.

I refer the hon. Members and my hon. Friends and hon. and learned Friend to the reply which I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. McCrindle).

asked the Prime Minister when he next plans to meet the chairmen of nationalised industries.

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply which my right hon. Friend the Lord President of the Council gave on my behalf to the hon. Member for Newbury (Mr. McNair-Wilson) on 10th March.

asked the Prime Minister when he next plans to meet the TUC.

asked the Prime Minister when he next plans to meet the TUC.

I refer my hon. Friends to the reply which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Hemel Hempstead (Mr. Corbett) on 3rd February.

asked the Prime Minister when he next plans to meet the TUC and CBI.

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave to my. hon. Friend the Member for Hemel Hempstead (Mr. Corbett) on 8th February.

asked the Prime Minister when he next plans to meet the CBI.

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave to my. hon. Friend the Member for Thornaby (Mr. Wrigglesworth) on 17th February.

asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of his recent statements to the House that investigations by the security authorities into alleged South African involvement in British political affairs have been taken as far as possible and that he does not envisage further action without fresh evidence, he will now give details of the factual basis of his statement to the hon. Member for Blaby (Mr. Lawson) on 20th May 1976 that there was no doubt that as the investigation preceded, and depsite the persiflage that surrounded much of it, it would be found that attacks were being made against individual members of the Liberal Party.—[Official Report, c. 1704.]

It is the accepted practice not to reveal information of this nature.

asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement about the review of forthcoming Government legislation recently carried out at Chequers by members of the Cabinet.

The Governments legislative proposals for the next Session will be announced in due course.

asked the Prime Minister whether, pursuant to his statement that four-fifths of Labour's programme has been carried out, he is still committed to the nationalisation of the road haulage industry.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Macclesfield (Mr. Winterton) on 30th June.

asked the Prime Minister what is the number of posts, both full time and part time, to which he is responsible for appointing people.

I refer the hon. Member to the replies which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for West Stirlingshire (Mr. Canavan) on 19th May and to my hon. Friend the Member for Cannock (Mr. Roberts) on 24th May.

asked the Prime Minister how many individuals, other than members of both Houses of Parliament and civil servants, he has appointed to bodies other than departmental committees: how many have been appointed by the Sovereign on his direct advice during the past 12 months; and if he will list in the Official Report all such appointments made during the past 12 months.

53 appointments have been made by the Queen on my recommendation in the past 12 months, of which 38 were to six Royal Commissions. A full list is below. As far as the first part of the hon. Member's Question is concerned, I have made 61 such appointments since taking office in April 1976.APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE QUEEN ON THE PRIME MINISTER'S RECOMMENDATION IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS

asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the industrial and economic performance of the United Kingdom in the light of the information sent to him by the hon. Member for Ealing, North.

My hon. Friend has passed on to me a copy of the booklet "Speak up for Britain" recently published by Hoover Limited. The booklet draws attention to the great achievements and potential of this country, and I have congratulated the Chairman of Hoover on its publication.

asked the Prime Minister which parts of the urban deprivation unit are based in the Home Office and which have been transferred to the Department of the Environment; how many staff are in each part; and what is the annual cost of each part.

The Community Development Project Team remains in the

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what is the average cost of replying to letters written to Ministers by hon. Members.

This information is not available. The departmental cost is unlikely to differ significantly from that incurred in answering a parliamentary Question.

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what is the cost of answering oral parliamentary Questions to Ministers.

The estimated average cost of answering an oral parliamentary Question is £30.

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what is the cost of answering parliamentary Written Questions to Ministers.

The estimated average cost of answering a parliamentary Written Question is £18.

asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the Royal Commission on the Press.

The final Report of the Royal Commission is published

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the power stations scheduled to open or be converted for nuclear generation between 1977 and 1985 and their generating capacity.

The information is:

asked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) if he will list the coal-fired power stations in the United Kingdom, their generating capacity and their year of construction;(2) if he will list the oil-fired power stations in the United Kingdom, their generating capacity and their year of construction; and whether any new oil-fired stations are planned between now and 1985.

The information on existing power stations is contained in the Electricity Supply Handbook 1977. I am sending the hon. Gentleman a copy of the relevant pages.The following oil-fired power stations are currently under construction:

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the total amount of loans and grants made to the National Coal Board by the ECSC, the European Investment Bank and EEC funds since Great Britain joined the European Economic Community.

The National Coal Board has received to date £196·3 million of ECSC loans and 16·682 million of grants and a loan of 7·212 million from the European Investment Bank.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many individuals other than civil servants have been appointed by him to bodies other than departmental committees in the last 12 months; and if he will list in the Official Report the names of the individuals and the bodies to which they have been appointed.

My right hon. Friend has appointed 44 individuals to public bodies in the last 12 months. For details of the appointments, I refer the hon. Member to my reply to his other Question today.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many individuals other than civil servants have been appointed by him to bodies other than departmental committees since February 1974; and if he will list in the Official Report the names of the individuals and the bodies to which they have been appointed.

Since 1974 my right hon. Friend and his predecessor have appointed 95 individuals to public bodies. Details are included in the White Paper "Public Boards of a Commercial Character as at 1st April 1977" (Cmnd 6803), to which should be added the following:—ELECTRICITY COUNCILSir Samuel Curran—Deputy Chairman (part-time).CENTRAL ELECTRICITY GENERATING BOARD

asked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) what is his estimate of the net salary, assuming the post to be held by a married man with no dependent children, in real terms, of (a) the Chairman, (b) the Deputy-Chairman and (c) other board members of the Atomic Energy Authority in 1972 and 1977, taking 1972 as the base year; and how many places on the board are currently unfilled;(2) what is his estimate of the net salary, assuming the post to be held by a married man with no dependent children, in real terms, of (

The information is being prepared, and I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list in tabular form the drilling rigs in operation in the North Sea in 1976 showing (a) their flag derivation, (b) their owners and operators, (c) the oil companies to which they were respectively contracted and (d) in each instance those for which safety or equipment dispensations were given because they did not meet approved standards.

This data are being prepared, and I shall reply as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many countries in the EEC and in Europe generally, including the United Kingdom, have no legislation, actual or pending, to protect the otter.

A report published in 1976 by the Council of Europe indicated that the European otter is protected to a greater or lesser extent by legislation by all member States of the EEC except the United Kingdom and the Irish Republic and a further 13 European countries outside the Community. However, I understand that the Irish Republic has since brought in such legislation. In addition, international trade in otters and their skins is severely restricted in the nine European countries which are parties to the Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, including the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment, in the light of the Nature Conservancy report on otters, what steps he proposes to take to ensure the wild otter's survival in Great Britain.

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Rother Valley (Mr. Hardy) and the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight (Mr. Ross) on 6th July.

asked the Secretary of State for the Invironment what funds his Department is making available for local authorities for the insulation of their existing housing stock.

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 28th June to the hon. Members for Wallasey (Mrs. Chalker) and Berwick-upon-Tweed (Mr. Beith).—[Vol. 934, c. 198–9.] In so far as the actual cost of insulation work is concerned, no specific allocations are made to local authorities for this purpose and expenditure is met from within general authorisations.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the final destination of waste paper deposited in waste paper baskets in the Houses of Parliament.

It is baled up and sold to a waste paper merchant for reprocessing.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when a decision will be made on the Walsall (Caldmore Rolling Programme) Compulsory Purchase Order.

The report of the inspector who held a public local inquiry into this order was received by my right hon. Friend within the last few days. We expect a decision to be issued within the next two months.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many individuals other than civil servants have been appointed by him to bodies other than departmental committees since February 1974; and if he will list in the Official Report the names of the individuals and the bodies to which they have been appointed;

As the range and number of bodies covered by the hon. Member's Questions are large, the information could be provided only at a disproportionate cost to public funds. The bodies to which I make appointments, and the number of appointments made to each body, were listed in my answer to a Question from the hon. Member for Leek (Mr. Knox) on 19th October 1976.—[Vol. 917, c. 377–9.] The paid appointments are those shown on pages 34–43 of "A Directory of Paid Public Appointments made by Ministers" issued by the Civil Service Department and published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office in April 1976, except those under British Railways Board, British Transport Docks Board, National Bus Company, National Freight Corporation, National Ports Council and port authorities which are now made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment why the hon. Member for Greenwich (Mr. Barnett) told the hon. Member for Melton, Official Report, 27th June, column 42, that the benefit to local authorities in 1976–77 of buying land net of development land tax would not be known until firm tax assessments were available at a later date, in view of the fact that the Financial Secretary to the Treasury told the hon. Member for Salford, East (Mr. Allaun), Official Report, 28th June, column 200, that the provisional figure for this was £5 million; and whether he will make a statement.

The hon. Member's Question of 27th June related to land acquired by authorities under the community land scheme. The provisional figure of £5 million given by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 28th June related to all land purchased by local authorities during the year, of which the element for community land forms an as yet unidentified part.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, in view of the fact that reports from local anglers indicate that fish and shellfish caught in the Bristol Channel contain a heavy concentration of lead, cadmium and similar heavy metals, and the most recent report of the Working Party on the Monitoring of Foodstuffs for Heavy Metals relates to data collected up to 1975, he will request the working party to issue a further report based on more recent data.

I have been asked to reply.Reports on the surveys of heavy metals in food which are conducted by the Working Party on the Monitoring of Foodstuffs for Heavy Metals are published when sufficient data have been accumulated to draw general conclusions or when there are significant new findings which justify their publication.A survey of cadmium in food was published in 1973 and the results of the last survey of lead in food were published in 1975. Monitoring has continued since and no new data have been produced which would significantly alter the conclusions of the previous reports. It is expected that sufficient new data will be available to allow the publication of a supplementary cadmium report in 1978 and further reports will be published as appropriate.The surveys of heavy metals in food have shown that in the Bristol Channel levels of cadmium and lead in fish are typical of those found in other areas of the United Kingdom coastline. Raised levels of cadmium and lead are found in shellfish caught in the Severn Estuary, but no major commercial fisheries exist in these areas and with the exception of winkles the species which are found are not normally consumed. Mussels in the area are generally too small to be eaten.

asked the Minister of Overseas Development what information she has received from the Crown Agents concerning the sending of supplies to Uganda for the use of the armed forces or police.

I understand from the Chairman of the Crown Agents that they have received no recent orders from Uganda for the armed forces or police. They are, however, in course of completing an order for vehicles which was placed in 1974. The remaining 38 trucks and two Land Rovers are now ready for shipment. The Crown Agents' legal advice is that these vehicles are already the property of the Ugandan Government, and shipment must, therefore, proceed.

asked the Minister of Overseas Development whether she will list the types of goods supplied by the Crown Agents to Uganda.

I understand from the Chairman of the Crown Agents that within the last year these have consisted of educational and medical supplies and spare parts; public works equipment and spare parts; and vehicles to which I referred in my answer to my hon. and learned Friend's other Question today.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will now make a statement about the working party report on rehabilitation services in industrial South Wales.

I have now completed my consideration of the report in the light of the comments I have received following consultations with interested bodies. I am arranging for copies of the report to be placed in the Library. I welcome the report as a valuable contribution to the improvement of rehabilitation services in South Wales, though many of its recommendations will require more resources than are at present available.The report recommended the integration of the Talygarn and Rookwood Hospitals. This recommendation has been widely criticised and I have decided to adopt the alternative proposals of the Mid-Glamorgan and South Glamorgan Health Authorities which would allow each of these special units to retain its separate identity and to develop in support of the appropriate district general hospital.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many individuals other than civil servants have been appointed by him to bodies other than departmental committees in the last 12 months; and if he will list in the Official Report the names of the individuals and the bodies to which they have been appointed;(2) how many individuals other than civil servants have been appointed by him to bodies other than departmental committees since February 1974; and if he will list in the

I have made 433 appointments since February 1974 to bodies for which I have sole ministerial responsibility; these are set out in the list below. Those appointments which have been made within the last 12 months are marked with an asterisk.BODY, POST HELD AND NAMEAncient Monuments Board for Wales

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will now take steps to introduce in Wales an official register of approved builders and contractors, which will ensure minimum standards of craftsmanship and financial viability for undertakings which are allowed to advertise and tender for construction and jobbing work.

I have been asked to reply.No.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department by how many hours on average per week police overtime is expected to be reduced in the Metropolitan Police District; whether he considers the overtime previously worked has been unnecessary; and by how much he expects the figures for undetected crime to increase.

The Commissioner has recently decided to introduce a new system for the control of overtime worked in the Metropolitan Police. The effect of this will be to maintain the total financial provision for overtime in the force at the same level in 1977–78 as it was in 1976–77. While it is not possible to say precisely what effect these new controls will have on the number of hours overtime worked by individual officers, I understand that, on average, any effect could be small. The Commissioner does not intend that the new procedures should inhibit the operational needs of the force in any way.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether he will withdraw his directive to reduce overtime worked by the Metropolitan Police;(2) if he will publish the direction on the reduction of police overtime which he has issued to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner.

The general considerations affecting police expenditure are set out in Home Office Circular 191/1976 of 13th November 1976, a copy of which is in the Library. I have not issued any direction that overtime levels in the Metropolitan Police should be reduced.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the current members of the Boundary Commission for England and Wales and announce the names of any new members of the Commission.

Under Mr. Speaker's chairmanship of both Commissions, the deputy-chairman of the English Commission is the Hon. Mr. Justice Walton and the deputy-chairman of the Welsh Commission is the Hon. Mr. Justice Watkins, VC.Mr. W. W. Ruff, CBE, is the only other member of the English Commission at present, but I am appointing Mr. J. M. Drinkwater, QC, to fill the vacancy on that Commission.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the expenditure on equipping, programming and laying out those computer centres in England and Wales for which he is responsible during the last 10 years; and what proportion of such expenditure has been spent for computers for police purposes and non-police purposes.

Information is not available in the form asked for, but expenditure on computers with which my Department is concerned is set out below; the figures refer to financial years except where indicated: