MR. A. F. EGERTONasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether the Report of the Royal Commission on Colonial Defences can be laid upon the Table; and, whether any of the recommendations contained in the Report will be carried out?
§ MR. EVELYN ASHLEYThe Report on Colonial Defences is, as my hon. Friend probably knows, strictly confidential, and can never be laid on the Table of the House; but it is receiving the consideration of the Government.