15. Mr. WILSON furtherasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has decided to invite the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to visit the West African Colonies; if so, when the visit will take place; and whether he will request the Under-Secretary to prepare a Report upon the economic development of those Colonies for publication as a White Paper?
§ Mr. AMERYThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. My hon. Friend the Under-Secretary will leave Liverpool on 20th January, will visit Nigeria, the Gold Coast, Sierra Leone and the Gambia in that order, and according to the programme will be back in England on 8th May. He will be accompanied by the hon. Member for Romford (Mr. Rhys) and two officers of the Colonial Office. He will prepare a Report, which I hope to lay before Parliament, on his visit, in which he will deal, inter alia, with economic development.