HC Deb 25 March 1881 vol 259 c1932
MR. RANKIN

asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether Her Majesty's Government have any intention of proposing any legislation this Session with a view to establish a system of State-aided emigration from the United Kingdom to the British Colonies?

MR. GRANT DUFF

Sir, Her Majesty's Government have not come to any conclusion in favour of doing so.