§ MR. MITCHELL-THOMSON (Lanarkshire, N.W.)I beg to ask the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies whether, having regard to the fact that the unofficial members of Council in Lagos have unanimously asked that the railway from Lagos to Ibadan, which is now being extended to Oshogbo, should be further extended to Jebba viâ Ilorin, 212 and to the fact that the Colony is prepared to raise a loan for this purpose, he can state whether this extension will be proceeded with; and, if so, when.
§ MR. CHURCHILLThe whole question of railway extenstion in northern and southern Nigeria is being closely considered with a view to early and effective action. I should hope that it would be possible to make definite and complete statements in both Houses when Parliament re-assembles for the autumn session. Meanwhile no time is being lost for the Lagos Railway is, as my hon. friend is aware, now being pushed forward through the cotton country to Oshogbo, and it will not reach that place until the end of the year.