§ MR. F. STEVENSON (Suffolk, Eye)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the attention of the Colonial Office has been directed to the urgent necessity for remedying the condition of affairs which has arisen in the Fortress of Gibraltar through overcrowding, the insufficiency of the police force, and the insanitary state of the Government buildings; whether he can hold out any hope of being able to remove the evils of which complaint is made; and whether he will communicate to the House the Report of the Government Committee which col- 383 lected evidence in Gibraltar last year with reference to the health and comfort of the inhabitants?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIESThe questions referred to are engaging my attention and that of the Secretary of State for War, and I hope that it may be found possible to take some action in regard to them. The Report of the Committee to which the honourable Member refers is a Confidential Report to the Secretary of State for War, and it is not intended to publish it.