HC Deb 05 December 1951 vol 494 c2383
43. Mr. Wyatt

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps were taken to emphasise to the citizens of Malacca the importance of the recently held municipal elections in that town.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

I am consulting the Acting High Commissioner and will write to the hon. Member when I have his reply.

Mr. Wyatt

Is this not an unsatisfactory way of submerging this incident where all the candidates were unopposed owing to the fact that insufficient publicity was given to the elections and insufficient importance was attached to their significance as being the first of a series of elections ever to be held on the mainland of Malaya?

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The hon. Gentleman had better await the communication which we shall get from the Acting High Commissioner.

Mr. Awbery

In the meantime will the right hon. Gentleman take steps to see that all people who are qualified to be on the register are placed there?

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

We had better wait until we hear from the Commissioner.