HC Deb 29 June 1938 vol 337 cc1931-2W
Sir T. Moore

asked 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 some of its members to investigate comparative economic conditions in other parts of the Colonial Empire?

Mr. M. MacDonald

No, 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.