HC Deb 27 June 1956 vol 555 c460
4. Mrs. White

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will now give the date when he proposes to introduce legislation to validate certain work undertaken or financed by the Colonial Development Corporation.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

I have nothing to add to the reply which I gave to the hon. Lady's Question on 14th June.

Mrs. White

As in that reply the right hon. Gentleman hoped to complete the legislation this Session, can he not now say when he proposes to introduce legislation, for the lack of which extremely important housing and road projects and other public works have been held up since last November in Malaya and in East, Central, and West Africa? This is far too serious a matter for there to be delay for lack of what should be a short and, I imagine, uncontroversial Bill.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The Bill is not quite so short as the hon. Lady imagines. Lord Reith knows all the difficulties, and knows also of my own keen desire to do what I said I hoped to be able to do in the reply which I gave to the hon. Lady.