§ MR. CAUSTONI wish to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer a Question in reference to the proposed Royal Commission on the Depression of Trade in consequence of his answer the other night as to the scope of the inquiry. I wish to ask him, as this Commission is 25 not so much for the purpose of deciding or settling on a policy as to ascertain and collate facts, why this work could not have been undertaken by the officers of the Board of Trade, and considerable delay and expense saved?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERThis work has not been done by the officers of the Board of Trade because we thought it would be better done by a Royal Commission.