§ 26. Mr. Thomas Reidasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on the inquiry into the salaries of Northern Rhodesian civil servants, which inquiry was made about a year ago.
§ The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Rees-Williams)This report has been presented and will be published shortly, but I am not yet in a position to make any statement about it.
§ Mr. ReidCan the hon. Gentleman say if this report is to await the consideration of the reports on other Colonies now being prepared?
§ Mr. Rees-WilliamsNo, Sir. It is actually in the printers' hands and we hope it will be printed within the next couple of weeks. It will then go by sea mail to the Colony concerned, and we hope it will be simultaneously published here and in the Colony.