§ Mr. MITCHELL-THOMSONasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, with a view to prevent misunderstanding, he will state what the expression Crown Colony, as used in the Colonial Regulations with reference to the Bahamas, Barbados, and Bermuda, is intended to connote?
Mr. HARCOURTI would remind the hon. Member of the answer which I gave to a previous question by him on this subject on the 7th November. The first chapter of the Colonial Regulations, which deals with constitutions, points out that the British Colonies and Protectorates 597 may be divided into those which possess responsible government and those which do not, and it is observed that the latter are commonly known as Crown Colonies. In this connection the connotation is obviously the absence of responsible government.