§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, since the Private Enterprise Committee did not entirely conclude its investigations prior to the Election of 1923, he will consider the appointment of an impartial Committee to continue the inquiries which were then set on foot; and whether he is aware that in the case of the former Committee, of which the majority of members were nominated by the Colonial Office, there was a difference of opinion between the official and the unofficial representations?
§ Mr. AMERYI am not aware that the Committee's investigations were incomplete, nor that there was any lack of impartiality among its members. The fact there was only one dissentient to the Report indicates that there was no serious difference of opinion. I do not at present see any reason to appoint a fresh Committee.