§ MR. TENNANT (Berwickshire)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken by the secretariat to the Imperial Conference with a view to keeping the Governments concerned informed between now and the next meeting of the Conference in regard to matters which have been or may be subjects for discussion, and with a view to fulfilling the desire on the part of the self-governing Colonies to be brought into closer contact with each other and with this country; and whether the secretariat is so organised and equipped as to be able to discharge these functions satisfactorily.
§ THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Colonel SEELY, Liverpool, Abercromby)I cannot at present add anything to the Answer which I gave to the right hon. 1485 Member for St. George's, Hanover Square, on this subject on the 20th inst.
§ MR. TENNANTIs it intended to be a permanent and real body?
§ COLONEL SEELYreplied in the affirmative.