§ SIR MANCHERJEE BHOWNAGGREE (Bethnal Green, N.E.)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if the negotiations he was carrying on regarding the proposal to appoint an independent Commission to inquire into and report on the whole subject of the status and treatment of British Indian residents in the African Colonies have terminated; and, if so, will he state what decision he has arrived at.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyitelton.) The question of the appointment of a Commission is still under consideration, and I am not in a position to announce any decision at present.