§ SIR HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the present position of affairs as regards the fisheries question on the shores of Newfoundland and the American claims regarding it; when further Papers upon the matter will be laid upon the Table; and if His Majesty's Government are acting in the question in strict consonance with the advice of the Government of the premier British Colony.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYI would refer the hon. Member to the Answer returned to the hon. Member for Gravesend on the 1st of August.† His Majesty's Government can give no promise that they will lay further Papers on the subject of the Newfoundland fisheries in the present stage of the negotiations. They are in communication with the Newfoundland I Government.
§ SIR HOWARD VINCENTWill Papers be eventually laid, and will the House have an opportunity of considering the matter?
§ SIR EDWARD GREYI cannot say when the negotiations will come to an end.