HC Deb 11 March 1908 vol 185 cc1519-20
MR. STAVELEY-HILL (Staffordshire, Kingswinford)

I beg to ask the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies whether the Report of the High Commissioner of the Western Pacific on his recent visit to the New Hebrides to proclaim the Convention will be laid upon the Table of the House.

MR. CHURCHILL

As I promised the hon. and gallant Member for St. Andrew's Burghs on 13th February, a copy of the Report has been placed in the Library of the House for the use of Members who may care to study it.

MR. STAVELEY-HILL

I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the regulations prepared by the Resident Commissioners of the New Hebrides on recruiting and the conditions of labour will be laid upon the Table of the House.

MR. CHURCHILL

The regulations when settled must of course be published, and copies will be made available in this country for anyone who wishes to see them. The question of reprinting them as a Parliamentary Paper will be considered when they have been finally settled.