§ MR. WEDGWOODI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether all the deep-water landing places in the British West African Colonies are owned by companies controlled by Sir Alfred Jones, so that other shippers cannot compete in carrying freight there; 355 if this is not so, will he give a list of those ports which are not controlled by Sir Alfred Jones; and, if the monopoly is at all serious, will the Government themselves construct publicly-owned deep-water landing stages to permit of free competition, before any public money is spent on importing extensive railway material at artificially high rates.
§ MR. CHURCHILLThere is no British Colony in West Africa where the deep-water landing places are owned by companies controlled by Sir Alfred Jones, so that the monopoly referred to does not exist.