§ Sir T. Mooreasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can arrange that the Royal Commission which is to investigate conditions in the West Indies shall also have power to deal with colonial economic policy generally, and shall be enabled for that purpose to send 1932W some of its members to investigate comparative economic conditions in other parts of the Colonial Empire?
Mr. M. MacDonaldNo, Sir. The problems which the proposed Royal Commission will be asked to examine in the West Indies are urgent, and I am afraid that my hon. Friend's suggestion would inevitably cause a very undesirable delay.