§ Mr. HAYDN JONESasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it was made a condition of the remission by Great Britain of a portion of debts owing to this country by the Portuguese Government that Portugal should effect the complete abolition of slavery in Portuguese Colonies; and whether this condition has been carried out?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. The second part, therefore, does not arise.