§ MASTER OF ELIBANK (Edinburgh, Midlothian)To ask the Secretary of Stale for the Colonies whether, 1157 looking to the fact that the Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner in. the British Bechuanaland Protectorate are not legally-trained officials, and that all appeals, irrespective of the amounts involved, lie from the one to the other, he will consider the possibility of placing Bechuanaland, in this respect, on the same footing as Rhodesia.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) I will communicate with the High Commissioner and consider whether the course proposed by the hon. Member is practicable. I would, however, remind him that an appeal by special leave lies to the Privy Council, and that an appeal from the protectorate to His Majesty in Council has lately been considered and decided.