HC Deb 26 November 1906 vol 165 cc1250-1
SIR GILBERT PARKER

I beg to ask the Prime Minister in view of the precedent set by the Colonial Office in permitting the Member for South Berkshire to read and take extracts from the Bucknill Report and to give the information so obtained to supporters of the Government, whether the same facilities will be granted to a Member of the Opposition, interested in land settlement in the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony, to read and take extracts from that portion of the Report of the Ridgeway Committee which deals with land settlement; or will he lay this portion of the Report upon the Table of the House, together with the petitions of the settlers to the Committee, if they are not contained in the body of the Report.

SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN

No, Sir, there is no such intention, but the House will be informed in due time of the course which the Government intend to pursue. The hon. Member must not assume that I admit the correctness of his analogy.

SIR GILBERT PARKER

Will no portion of the Report be laid on the Table?

SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN

I do not know, I do not think it is likely.