§ 51. Mr. J. Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when he anticipates the Select Committee appointed by the Bahamas House of Assembly, which has published its interim report condemning the colour bar, will have completed its deliberations.
§ The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd)The Select Committee did not report further on this matter. On 18th May the Committee and the House of Assembly was dissolved, and a General Election is to be held shortly. I cannot forecast what action may be taken when the new Bahamas Legislature is sitting.
§ Mr. JohnsonWhilst accepting that Answer with my usual patience, may I ask the Colonial Secretary, now that one Colony has appointed a Select Committee on the matter of the colour bar, whether he would also propose that a Select Committee should be appointed for other parts of the Commonwealth, such as Central Africa, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI think the consideration shown in the Bahamas will not be altogether lost in other parts of the world.