§ Commander Locker-Lampsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the evidence of his predecessor before the Mandates Commission of the League of Nations stating that there was room immediately for 100,000 families in Trans-Jordan; and whether he will consider increasing the number of legal immigrants accordingly?
Mr. M. MacDonaldI am aware of the statement to which my hon. Friend refers, but would point out that the possibilities of development and settlement in Trans-Jordan have subsequently been closely examined by the Palestine Partition Commission, who stated in their report that —"the additional agricultural population which the land can support is small."
The answer to the second part of the question is in the negative.