§ MR. OWEN PHILIPPS (Pembroke and Haverfordwest)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether there is any public fund to defray the cost of return to their native land of inhabitants of the Crown Colonies who may be unfortunately stranded in England: and, if not, whether the Government will favourably consider the question of providing a fund for this purpose.
§ COLONEL SEELYThere is no public fund which could be ear-marked to the purposes which my hon. friend mentions. The matter is one of great difficulty, but the Secretary of State proposes to take it into early consideration.