§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he can now state when the Report and recommendations of Sir Gerald Portal, with regard to Uganda, will be laid upon the Table; and when the Government will be in a position to make a statement on the subject?
§ MR. W. E. GLADSTONEThe Report of Sir Gerald Portal has been now for some days in the hands of Her Majesty's Government; but the subject is a very important one, and the situation which it presents is a very complex one, there being other parties on the ground besides Her Majesty's Government in the neighbourhood of Uganda; and although I can safely say that there will be no needless or avoidable delay on the part of the Government, I am not able at present to say in these circumstances when the question will be in a state of ripeness to be brought before this House, either by the presentation of Papers or by a statement on the subject, which my right hon. Friend not unnaturally looks for.