§ MR. PARTINGTON (Derbyshire, High Peak)I beg to ask the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies if he can state the number of Chinese coolies who have been repatriated at the expense of the Imperial Funds.
§ MR. CHURCHILLFrom the Answer which I gave to the hon. Member for the Newbury Division of Berkshire on the 26tht, the hon. Member will understand that no coolies have yet been repatriated at the expense of Imperial funds.
§ MR. LANE-FOX (Yorkshire, W.R., Barkston Ash)I beg to ask the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies whether he can now state when the Chinese coolies in South Africa will be informed that they are at liberty to demand repatriation.
§ MR. CHURCHILLI fully appreciate the motive of the hon. Member's anxiety upon this subject; but I can only refer him to my Answer to the hon. Member for the Newbury Division of Berks on Thursday last† and to the conversation which followed upon it.
§ MR. LANE-FOXIs it right for the hon. Gentleman to impute motives?
§ [No answer was returned.]
§ † See Col. 21–23.