§ MR. HERBERT LEWISI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether copies of despatches relating to foreign and colonial affairs were sent to the county councils in England and Wales on the eve of the last General Election; and, if so, whether there is any precedent for sending such papers to county councils.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI have made inquiries, and can learn nothing about this from either the Foreign Office or the Local Government Board. The hon. Member must, I think, be labouring under a misapprehension.
§ MR. HERBERT LEWISWill the right hon. Gentleman further inquire?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI have inquired, and have given the hon. Member the result.
§ MR. HERBERT LEWISI shall put a further question.