HC Deb 23 April 1917 vol 92 cc2013-4
8. Mr. GEORGE TERRELL

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Committee on Commercial Intelligence has yet reported; and whether the Report will be published?

The MINISTER of BLOCKADE (Lord Robert Cecil)

The answer to the first part of this question is in the affirmative. As regards the second part I am not yet in a position to make any statement.

Mr. TERRELL

When does the right hon. Gentleman expect to publish this most important Report; is it not a fact that there is a Majority and a Minority Report; and does he not think that both of them should be published?

Lord R. CECIL

I can assure my hon. Friend that I will bear very carefully in mind what he has suggested, but the matter does not rest entirely in my hands.