§ 37. Mr. Royleasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when it is hoped that the joint commission under the chairmanship of Sir Kenneth Blackburne, on the Chaguaramas site, will report; and what progress has so far been made.
§ Mr. ProfumoSir Kenneth Blackburne had to withdraw from the chairmanship on being appointed Governor of Jamaica, but Sir Charles Arden-Clarke, the recently retired Governor-General of Ghana, has agreed to take his place. The representatives of the United Kingdom, the United States and the future Federation of the West Indies have also been nominated, and as soon as the Government of Trinidad have appointed their representatives, the joint commission will be ready to start work. The joint commission will decide its own programme, and I cannot estimate how long it will take to report.