§ 15. Mr. PICKERINGasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any of the members of the committee recently appointed in the Gambia Colony to examine the ordinances relating to criminal law and procedure and to prepare a Penal Code Bill is an African; if not, whether a suitable African member could be added to the committee; and whether it is competent for an African to be nominated as one of the three unofficial members of the Legislative Council in the Gambia Colony?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERYes, Sir. Mr. S. J. Forster, who is a member of the Legislative Council of the Gambia, and has been appointed to serve on the committee to which the hon. Member refers, is an African. I may add that two of the three unofficial members of the Legislative Council are Africans.