§ SIR EDWIN CORNWALL (Bethnal Green, N.E.)I beg to ask the Prime Minister whether, in view of the difficulties experienced by visitors from other countries in obtaining permits to, and information concerning, national and other public institutions owing to the multiplicity of Government, municipal, and other departments to which they must apply, and having regard to the evident growth of public opinion in the country in favour of making the desire on the part of the British people for international amity more apparent, and the desire that more facilities should be afforded such visitors to get into closer touch with our national life than is possible under the present unorganised arrangements, he will consider the advisability of appointing a Committee to report as to what steps it is desirable to take in the matter.
§ MR. ASQUITHI will consider my hon. friend's proposal, but in view of the absence of machinery for carrying out the excellent object which he has in view I am not at the moment very hopeful that I shall be able to give him a satisfactory assurance. I will, however, communicate with him later.