§ 55. Mr. T. Reidasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps the Government and elected representatives of the people of Bermuda have taken to deal with the problem of their population, which in 1950 was 2,300 to the square mile; and what effect they have given to the Bermuda Commission's Report on the Growth of Population and Illegitimacy of 1951, especially its suggestion of an immediate expansion of the work on birth control and planned parenthood.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe Bermuda Government are still considering the rceommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into the growth of population and illegitimacy. Voluntary attendance is increasing at the three clinics which have been established to give instruction in planned parenthood. I understand that a new Immigration Bill, which will tighten the control of immigration and permanent settlement, is shortly to be put before the Bermuda Legislature.