§ 33. Mr. Braineasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when the Report of the International Bank on British Guiana was made available to the British Guiana Government: and what action they took on it.
§ Mr. LytteltonAs stated in the White Paper, the Report was available to the Government in mid-July. I understand that Ministers took no action on it.
§ Mr. BraineDoes not this answer make it pretty plain that these Ministers were much more concerned with promoting conditions which would lead to the destruction of the Constitution than with accepting a scheme which would lead to the economic development of the Colony?
§ Mr. LytteltonI must make the same reply to my hon. Friend as I made elsewhere, though I shall try to expose in full the situation in British Guiana tomorrow.
§ Sir R. AclandHas not a very long time elapsed between the publication of this Report on British Guiana and the availability of any copy of it in this country? I do not think a copy is available even now. On future occasions, could not a copy at least be placed in the Library a little quicker?