MALTA (COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT) (Hansard, 30 October 1946)

§ 40. Mr. T. Reid
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement about the recent resignation of nine elected members of the Malta Council of Government.

Mr. Creech Jones
Nine of the elected members of the Council of Government resigned on 13th September as a protest against the arrangements proposed for the progressive reduction of the establishment of the Dockyard, and for the provision of alternative employment for the labour discharged. I am in consultation with the Governor on the situation.

§ Mr. Reid
Is it not a fact that the members who resigned were all Labour members?

Mr. Creech Jones
They were members of the Labour Party. The Governor is in this country at the moment and I am discussing the whole problem with him.

§ Mr. Stanley
Can the right hon. Gentleman say whether, on the resignation of these nine members, there are any left?

Mr. Creech Jones
Yes, I believe that one is still there.