HC Deb 31 August 1886 vol 308 c877
MR. F. S. POWELL (Wigan)

asked the Secretary to the Board of Trade, Whether a further Report has been published by members of the Commission appointed by the French Chambers of Deputies to inquire into the situation of the agricultural and industrial classes in Prance; and, whether he will lay upon the Table of the House extracts from such Report (in continuation of Return [C. 4667])?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOE, FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E)

(who replied) said: Her Majesty's Minister at Paris has replied to an inquiry on the subject that the statement that a further Report has been published is incorrect.