§ SIR MANGHERJEE BHOWNAGGREE (Bethnal Green, N.W.)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has instructed the administrations of the Transvaal and Orange State Colonies to modify the old Boer laws and regulations which imposed disabilities upon British Indian subjects resident there; and whether he is taking advantage of the presence in England of the Premiers and other representatives from the Colonies to impress on them the desirability of removing the various restrictions and penalties to which British Indian subjects are exposed within some of those Colonies; and whether he can give any information as to the result of any action taken by him to secure that object.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain.) (1) I am in communication with Lord Milner in regard to the position of British Indians in the new Colonies and the regulations affecting them. (2.) The matter is not one included for discussion at the Conference of Premiers. (3.) I am not able to make any statement at present.