§ 57. Captain Sidneyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what assistance is given from public funds to the Imperial Institute or other organisations towards the cost of providing lectures or cinema displays in the Colonies for educational purposes.
§ The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Colonel Oliver Stanley)There is no special provision from public funds for this purpose but Colonial Governments are supplied regularly and free of charge by the Ministry of Information and the British Council with films, a proportion of which may be used for educational purposes. British Council representatives in certain Colonial territories give frequent lectures, particularly on the English language and on British life and thought, and recently a lecturer from the Ministry of Information toured widely in West Africa.