HC Deb 24 February 1954 vol 524 cc380-1
33. Mr. J. Hynd

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it has now been decided that representatives of Kenya African coffee producers shall be invited to attend future official coffee conferences.

Mr. Lyttelton

I am informed that the Coffee Board has yet to make a recommendation on this to the full coffee conference, whose next meeting will not be before July.

Mr. Hynd

May I take it that the report of the special committee has now been considered by the Coffee Board? Has the right hon. Gentleman any further statement to make about its recommendations?

Mr. Lyttelton

I am not informed on that. I do not know what recommendation has been made. The August resolution passed by the coffee conference instructed the Board to consider means whereby African coffee co-operatives might be represented at coffee conferences. I am not informed about what recommendations have been made. The matter will come up in July this year.

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