HC Deb 27 July 1908 vol 193 cc880-1
*MR. REES

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he will place in the library a copy of the circular from the Trade and Labour Council of Johannesburg to the trades councils of the United Kingdom, pointing out the feeling which exists amongst local workers against outside interference with the policy of the Transvaal Government in regard to Asiatics, and appealing to British labour unions to support that policy.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. CHURCHILL,) Dundee

I have been unable as yet to obtain a copy of the circular to which my hon. friend refers.

*MR. REES

asked if the decision of an important conference of trade unions in South Africa, objecting to the interference of the Home Government in labour questions, could not be made known in this country?

MR. CHURCHILL

said he had tried to get the information for his hon. friend. If however he was in possession of some, perhaps he would communicate it to him.