§ VISCOUNT TURNOUR (Sussex, Horsham)To ask the Prime Minister whether the Colonial Office or the Imperial Conference are responsible for the issue of the Reports of the Imperial Conference.
§ VISCOUNT TURNOURTo ask the Prime Minister whether he can state the reason which has led those responsible for issuing the Reports of the Imperial Conference to give some speeches in much fuller detail than others.
§ VISCOUNT TURNOURTo ask the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the fact that the authorities responsible for issuing Reports of the Imperial Conference have admitted that the summary of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech at the Conference was incorrect, and having regard to the fact that the mistake was not noticed by those authori- 574 ties for the space of three days, he will take steps to ensure that in the future less slovenly methods of reporting the proceedings of the Conference are adopted.
(Answered by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.) Perhaps I may answer the other Questions of the noble Lord at the same time. I am not prepared to answer in detail questions relative to the procedure adopted by the Imperial Conference. The daily précis was prepared for the public convenience as efficiently as the time and pressure of work would allow. The Conference have decided to publish, as soon as possible, a full and verbatim Report of their proceedings.