§ * MR. REES (Montgomery Boroughs)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Colonial Office has been able to obtain the services of a gentleman possessed of experience of Colonial enterprises undertaken in concert with, or under contract with, the Crown agents, to serve upon the Departmental Committee lately appointed; and, if so, whether he can announce the name of the gentleman selected?
§ COLONEL SEELYMy hon. friend the Member for Central Hackney has, I am glad to say, accepted a seat upon the committee. Sir Ralph Moor, formerly High Commissioner for Southern Nigeria, has of course great experience of the work of the Crown agents.
§ * MR. REESI beg to ask if the services of a gentleman well acquainted with contracting under the Crown Agents could not be got to act on the Committee.
§ COLONEL SEELYWe have done our best to find a suitable person.
§ MR. KILBRIDE (Kildare, S.)Why not select the hon. Member for Montgomery Boroughs?