§ 39. Mr. Rankinasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on constitutional reform in Hong Kong since May, 1946; what measures of local government have been introduced; and wht proposals have been made for the election of members to the Legislative Council.
§ The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Oliver Lyttelton)A recent development has been the re-introduction of the election of two members to the urban council. The Governor of Hong Kong has just arrived in this country and I shall be discussing constitutional questions with him during his leave.
§ Mr. RankinDoes the right hon. Gentleman agree that in view of the happenings in the Far East today, this is not a very good advertisement for Britain's shop window of democracy in that part of the world, and does he not think it is time that it was a little better illuminated?