Dear Mr. Bruce,

It is impossible for me to do more than send you a short note by
this mail, owing to the fact that, during this week, the Imperial
Economic Committee is in constant session and that, when the Main
Committee itself is not sitting, the small Drafting Committee, of
which I am a member, is in consultation until late in the evening.

This procedure is being adopted for this week in the hope that the
Preliminary General Report and the Report on Meat may be completed
and signed to-day.

I would, however, draw your attention to the Debate in the House
of Commons on the Colonial Office Estimates (Official Report
Volume 187, No. 133, 27th July, 1925) and particularly to the
speech of Mr. Hilton Young [1] who, you may remember, is a
Liberal.

Yours sincerely,
F. L. MCDOUGALL