HC Deb 06 April 1908 vol 187 cc930-1
MR. FIENNES (Oxfordshire, Banbury)

; I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the experiment in white unskilled labour on one of the Robinson mines has been commenced; and, if so, what measure of success has been obtained.

MR. CHURCHILL

The experiment as far as I know has not been begun.

MR. FIENNES

Did not the right hon. Gentleman make this statement to the House on 31st July—

MR. SPEAKER

It is contrary to order to make a quotation at Question time.

MR. WEDGWOOD (Newcastle-under-Lyme)

Has the right hon. Gentleman taken steps to obtain for the House a Report of the Committee which recently sat in the Transvaal on white employment in the mines?

MR. CHURCHILL

The Report is on its way to this country, and while one cannot say anything about a document in advance, I certainly think it very desirable that it should be brought to the notice of this House. I will ask the Secretary of State whether it can be published.