§ Dr. CHAPPLEasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that in the agreement between the British Phosphate Commission in Nauru Island and Chinese mechanics an imported mechanic, should he prove incompetent, is required to forgo his wages, and then pay for his rations and accommodation until he can be returned to Hong Kong; and whether he will take steps to provide that the agreement should be revised in the direction of providing rations and accommodation during the waiting period?
Mr. THOMASThe hon. Member refers to the form of agreement approved in 1922. I have now learnt that the form was subsequently modified in the sense indicated by the hon. Member.