HC Deb 26 February 1907 vol 169 c1428
MR. ASHLEY (Lancashire, Blackpool)

I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any provision will be made under the New Hebrides Convention to ensure separate housing accommodation for unmarried men and women.

MR. CHURCHILL

The High Commissioners and the resident Commissioners can provide for this and other similar matters under the powers vested in them by the Convention.

SIR GILBERT PARKER

Will the regulations governing these matters be laid on the Table.

MR. CHURCHILL

Obviously they will have to be laid, and I had better defer answering these Questions until something definite has been done.

In reply to Lord Balcarres (Lancashire, Chorley).

MR. CHURCHILL

said the provisions of the Convention did not apply outside the area of jurisdiction.