§ MR. BYLES (Salford, N.)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies is he yet able to make any statement as to what action the Secretary for the Colonies has taken or intends to take in respect of the petition forwarded by the inhabitants of British Guiana, and a further petition from some members of the Court of Policy and Combined Court of British Guiana, containing grave allegations of misgovernment, and praying for the appointment of a committee of inquiry.
§ MR. CHURCHILLThe Secretary of State's replies to the petitions in question were despatched to the Governor of British Guiana on June 7th, and will be published in the Colony in due course. The correspondence will be presented to Parliament.