February 26, 1948 (20th Parliament, 4th Session)

Mr. CLAXTON:

My hon. friend has not put a question; he has made a statement. The letter is there; the statement of the Prime Minister is there. I venture to think that if you had employed counsel to assist in the work of a commission and a question of this kind arose involving questions of fact, appreciations of procedure, consideration of the conditions under which the commission proceeded and under which the information was made available, matters which were not within the personal knowledge of the Prime Minister, the proper course to follow would be to address such a letter and, if possible, abide by the answer given. That was the course followed.