§ SIR HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if he is yet in a position to announce the names of the Committee of Inquiry which is to proceed to South Africa, or the terms of the reference for its guidance.
§ THE PRIME MINISTER AND FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Sir H. CAMPBELL - BANNERMAN,) Stirling BurghsMy hon. friend the Member for South Huntingdon has also given me private notice of a similar Question. The Members of the Committee, which will proceed as early as possible to South Africa, are, Sir West Ridgeway, who will be Chairman; Lord Sandhurst, Sir Francis Hopwood, and Colonel Johnston, R.E. The last named member is already in South Africa. The terms of reference will be best gathered from a letter addressed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Chairman which I will lay on the Table to-day.