§ MR. SUMMERSI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Captain Young, Commissioner of Famagusta, was nominated, at the recent elections, as a candidate for the Legislative Council in Cyprus with the approval of the High Commissioner; and whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to permit paid officials in the Cyprus Service to enter into contests with native gentlemen for seats in the Legislative Council of that Island?
§ BARON H. DE WORMSI have already, on the 26th February, answered a somewhat similar question addressed to me by the hon. Member for Dundee. The reply to the first part of the hon. Member's question is in the negative. The answer to the second part is that the Queen's Advocate opposed the petition as private counsel for the Native Members, and did not support it as assumed by the hon. Member. The answer to the third part is that, on learning of Captain Young's candidature, the Secretary of State instructed the High Commissioner to inform public officers that they should not in future offer themselves for election unless expressly authorised; and there is no present intention to take advantage of a clause in the Order in Council which renders such candidature possible.