§ 12. Mr. DAVID ADAMSasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how the emigration of Palestinian arabs to other countries compares now with their pre-War emigration?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister)I am afraid I am without the material for making the comparison. I have no particulars regarding emigration from Palestine while it still formed part of the Ottoman Empire.
§ 13. Mr. ADAMSasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the census returns show an increase or a decrease in the arab population in those districts where most progress has been made in Jewish settlement?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe report on the census of 1931 shows an increase in the non-Jewish population in such sub-districts as those of Jerusalem, Jaffa, Haifa and Tiberias.