HC Deb 26 February 1883 vol 276 cc826-7
MR. A. PEASE

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether his attention has been called to a communication in the "Standard" newspaper of the 9th instant, from its correspondent at Madrid, showing that the provisions of the "Moret" (Emancipation) Law are being extensively evaded in Cuba; and, whether, considering that this information is widely at variance with the brief report from Her Majesty's Consul in Cuba, recently presented to Parliament, Her Majesty's Government will obtain a more extended and detailed report not only from the Consul at Havana, but from the Vice Consuls in the other districts of the Island?

LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICE

The Consul General, who has returned to his post from leave of absence, will be instructed to send a full Report, and to supplement it, as far as possible, by Reports from the Vice Consuls.