§ Sir F. NELSONasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is prepared to publish papers relating to the attitude adopted by His Majesty's Government and the Governors of the Straits Settlements and Ceylon, covering the period from the date when the Government decided to submit the question of rubber restriction to the Committee of Civil Research down to the present time?
§ Dr. SHIELSIf there is any general demand, my Noble Friend the Secretary of State for the Colonies is prepared to publish papers relating to proposed rubber restriction during the past two years, but is not prepared to publish papers of an earlier date.