§ 37. Mr. Harmar Nichollsasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps he takes to ensure that colonial administrative buildings and residences are all in a state of repair in keeping with British dignity.
Mr. DugdaleIt is the responsibility of Colonial Governments to keep their administrative buildings and official residences in repair. In the case of Government Houses, they are enjoined to do so by Colonial regulations.
§ Mr. NichollsIs the right hon. Gentleman aware of a report made by the recently retired Governor of the Leeward Islands, in which he says that the Governor's residence there is held up by only a streak of paint and will probably have collapsed by the time the new Governor gets there? Will the hon. Gentleman keep in mind the saying in his own constituency, "Keep a nice bright polish on your own front door and they will never know that there is poverty inside"?