§ 16. Mr. VIANTasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in connection with the recent ratepayers' meeting at Shanghai, any steps were taken by His Majesty's Consul-General at Shanghai to support the recommendations of the Shanghai Municipal Council's commission on child labour and to secure the agreement of his colleagues, in accordance with the instructions suggested in his despatch of 24th February, 1925?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINThe reports of His Majesty's representatives in China on the recent meeting have not yet been received. In the meanwhile, I would refer the hon. Member to a, reply given to the hon. Member for Leicester West (Mr. Pethick-Lawrence) on 8th March last.