HC Deb 22 February 1939 vol 344 c374
59. Sir Robert Rankin

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can make any further statement regarding measures to improve conditions in St. Helena?

Mr. M. MacDonald

Yes, Sir. I have arranged for Sir Frank Stockdale, my Agricultural Adviser, and Mr. J. B. Side-botham, a member of the administrative staff of the Colonial Office, to proceed to the Colony shortly to confer with the Governor on further measures for improving conditions in the island.