§ MR. LECKY (Dublin University)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any replies have yet been received from the Colonial Governments to which the draft Copyright Bill, which passed the House of Lords last year, was forwarded; and, if so, what is the nature of those replies.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThe only replies at present received are those of the 43 Cape Colony, Natal, and South Australia. South Australia, in view of the approach of Australian federation, desires at present to express no opinion on the provisions of the Bill. Cape Colony and Natal report favourably on the Bill, but suggest certain modifications in points of detail for its improvement, which it would be impossible to explain within the limits of an answer to the hon. Member's question.