HC Deb 23 June 1948 vol 452 c1341
26. Mr. Sorensen

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will now state when the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Gold Coast Disturbances is likely to be published.

Mr. Creech Jones

The Report is being printed and will probably be ready for simultaneous publication here and in the Gold Coast at the end of July.

Mr. Sorensen

Is it not regrettable that the Report of this important Commission is not likely to be available before the Sittings of the House are suspended, and will not the Minister take steps to expedite its issue so that we may discuss it before the end of the Session?

Mr. Creech Jones

It has been expedited. I think the House will appreciate that the Commission has done its work with remarkable rapidity, but that the Report has to be published both here and in the Colony at the same time.

Mr. Sorensen

Is it not regrettable that the publication of the Report should coincide with the end of the present Session, and would it not be far better to get it published a couple of weeks earlier?