§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLI beg to ask, the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Her Majesty's Government have power to create Northern Queensland into a new colony without reference to Parliament; and, if so, whether the Secretary of State will give 1210 an assurance that such a colony will not be created during the Recess, with the complete power over the Aborigines and the Pacific Islanders now enjoyed by the Colony of Queensland as a whole, or with the authority over the administration of New Guinea now vested in Queensland?
§ BARON H. DE WORMSHer Majesty's Government are advised that an Act of Parliament is necessary for the erection of any part of Queensland into a separate colony.
§ SIR G. BADEN-POWELL (Liverpool, Kirkdale)Does the right hon. Gentleman mean by an Act of Parliament, an Act of the Imperial Parliament?
§ BARON H. DE WORMSYes.