§ Major ENTWISTLEasked the Lord Privy Seal whether his attention has been drawn to the initial claim of the British South Africa Company for a sum of £8,000,000; whether Sir Charles Coghlan, the leader of the successful party at the polls in Southern Rhodesia, declared before Lord Cave that in no circumstances would the Rhodesian people be prepared to accept any liability whatever for this charge; and whether the right hon. Gentleman will give an assurance that the Treasury will refrain from accepting liability for any portion of this claim until the House has been given adequate opportunity for discussing the claim?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThe answer is in the affirmative.