§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies the name and nationality of the firms to which railway contracts have been allotted in Tanganyika during the last six months and the tenders of competing British firms; and whether, in the case of the awarding of any contracts to foreign firms, inquiries were made as to the conditions of labour in the countries governing the cost of production?
§ Dr. SHIELSThe information asked for in the first part of the question is not in my possession. Such local contracts, which are only for work done locally, do not involve the employment of labour elsewhere than in Tanganyika Territory.