§ MR. SLOANI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the unanimous approval of the Opium Resolution by this House, † he can state what action, if any, he proposes to take in the matter.
§ * THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. JOHN ELLIS,) Nottinghamshire, RushcliffeIn speaking on the Resolution referred to, the Secretary of State said His Majesty's Minister it Peking would very shortly be in this country, and we should then be able to learn from him exactly how the proposals and disposition of the Chinese Government stand.‡ The Minister is not yet in this country.
§ * MR. JOHN ELLISI cannot make any statement of that kind.
§ † See (4) Debates, clviii., 516.
§ ‡ See (4) Debates, clviii., 514.