§ 12. Mr. ROBINSONasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what report he has received from the acting Governor of British Guiana on corruption in recent elections in the colony; and what action he proposes to take thereon?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERI have received a despatch from the acting Governor of British Guiana in which he reports that the Colonial Government is considering certain recommendations made by the judges of the supreme court arising out of the trial of recent election petitions in regard to the working of the law and regulations on the subject. I am asking that the Governor's recommendations thereon should be furnished as soon as possible.
§ Mr. ROBINSONIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that in the recent elections an unseated candidate was immediately re-elected, and will he press for an extension of the principles of the Corrupt Practices Act to British Guiana?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERI would like to see what the judges have said and what the Governor's recommendations are. I think it is certainly worth bearing in mind that one penalty of corrupt practices well worthy of consideration is that the unseated member should not have the right to stand again at once.