§ Sir L. Ropnerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can now allow remittances to be made to countries outside the 109W scheduled territories in respect of the maintenance of families in such countries during and immediately after the war.
§ Mr. MaudlingRemittances will now be allowed in respect of such maintenance prior to 31st May, 1946, in so far as it has not been covered by remittances permitted under the Children's Overseas Reception Board arrangements or otherwise. The maximum scale of remittances allowable will be £10 per child and £20 per adult for each month during which they were maintained abroad. Applications for permission to remit funds abroad for this purpose should be made through a bank to the Bank of England stating the names of the evacuees, the dates on which they left the United Kingdom, the names and addresses of their hosts abroad, the period for which the evacuees were maintained by them, and the amount of remittances, if any, already transferred in respect of that period.
Persons who were in the Services during the time that the evacuees were overseas
County Trunk Mileage of roads converted since the 1st April, 1950. into: Class I from Class II Class II from Class III Class III from Unclassified Anglesey … … — — — 6.21 Breconshire … … 14.05 0.10 — — Caernarvonshire … … — — — — Cardiganshire … … — 4.37 — 1.90 Carmarthenshire … … 0.01 — — 1.40 Denbighshire … … — — — 3.48 Flintshire … … — 9.83 — 0.94 Glamorganshire … … 0.55 — — — Merionethshire … … 0.52 — — — Montgomeryshire … 28.18 — — 19.11 Pembrokeshire … … — — — 6.18 Radnorshire … … — 8.10 — 0.15 TOTAL … … 43.31 22.45 — 39.37 During the same period 33.55 miles of Class III roads were declassified and 13.82 miles of unclassified roads were made Class II.
Mr. Watkinsasked the Minister of Transport how much money he has recovered from the Service Departments, the Ministry of Fuel and Power and the National Coal Board since 1940, in respect of improvements undertaken on roads or of damage caused to roads in Wales.
Mr. BraithwaiteThe cost of road improvements required for, and the repair of damage caused by, Government traffic up to 31st March, 1946, has been charged
110Wshould, after obtaining permission from the Bank of England to remit the funds, apply to the Service Department concerned for the release of any outstanding service emoluments otherwise due to them but which were withheld until settlement by transfer of funds should become permissible. The date up to which service pay was issued should be stated in their application to the Department concerned.