§ MR. MARKHAM (Nottinghamshire, Mansfield)To ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, seeing that delegates elected by the settlers in Rhodesia will, at the request of Dr. Jameson, shortly arrive in this country for the purpose of discussing with the directors of the Chartered Company terms under which the charter shall be cancelled, he will give the House an assurance that no terms will be agreed between the Government and the company which may involve any financial obligation on the Exchequer, before such terms are first submitted for the approval of the House.
254 (Answered by Mr. A. J. Balfour.) His Majesty's Government have not been approached, either by the Chartered Company or by the Rhodesian settlers; and there is no reason for thinking that the contingency contemplated in the second part of the Question will arise.