§ Mr. ADAMSasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that there has been no general decrease in the evil of girls and women boarding ships in ports for immoral purposes; whether, in view of this fact, he can give any information as to what action is contemplated internationally regarding this question by the Committee of the League of Nations on the traffic in women and children; and what steps, if any, have been taken in this country, pending such international action, to deal with this evil?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe question of preventing immorality on board ships in harbour is mainly a matter of domestic concern, and is fraught with many difficulties, but I will consider whether any practical assistance in dealing with it could be obtained by means of international action.