§ Captain CROOKSHANKasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what precedents there are in his Depart- 273W ment for an unpaid Parliamentary private secretary proceeding on a Colonial tour at the expense of the taxpayer?
§ Dr. SHIELSThe most recent precedents are those of the visits of the late Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs and for the Colonies to the Middle East in 1929–25 and to certain Dominions in 1927–28. On both these occasions the right hon. Gentleman was accompanied by his Parliamentary private secretary.