§ MR. CLAUDE HAYI beg to ask the Prime Minister whether he will announce, the terms of reference, the nature of the instructions issued, and the official position of the gentlemen charged with inquiring into the establishment of a fast all-British mail route, as recommended by the Imperial Conference.
§ MR. ASQUITHThe inquiry which is now being made by the Government with the aid of departmental officials into the matters referred to in the Question is of an informal and confidential character. I 864 would refer the hon. Member to the Answer which the Prime Minister gave him on the 29th of May. †