§ 27. Mr. Skinnardasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many officers of the Colonial Development and Welfare Department in the. West Indies have been prosecuted for insufficient supervision of development and welfare funds; and if he is aware that the Inter-colonial Labour Conference, held in British Guiana in June, 1946, ask for investigation of the administration of Colonial development and welfare funds by independent persons.
Mr. Creech JonesThere is no Colonial Development and Welfare Department in the West Indies, though there is a Comptroller for Development and Welfare who is advisory to the West Indian Governments and to the Secretary of State. I am not aware that any action such as that referred to by my hon. Friend has been taken against any officer. I have seen the resolution to which he refers, but it is not clear to me precisely what the Conference had in mind. If my hon. Friend will give me further information. I will certainly pursue these matters.