HC Deb 26 November 1957 vol 578 cc977-8
30. Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what legal facilities the political association known as One Kamerun is given to function in the British Cameroons.

The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. John Profumo)

This party has the same freedom to function as all other political parties in the British Cameroons. It must, of course, like them, function within the law.

Mr. Brockway

While thanking the hon. Gentleman for that reply, may I ask whether he is aware that the predecessor of this party, the Union of the Peoples of the Cameroons, was proscribed, and that thirteen of its leaders who were from the French Cameroons were exiled? In view of the fact that the leaders of this organisation come from the British Cameroons, will it be given the fullest liberty to act politically in the British Cameroons?

Mr. Profumo

It will be given the liberty that I have clearly enunciated in my answer. I think it might lead to misunderstanding if the hon. Gentleman tried to draw too close an analogy between this party and the former one which was proscribed.

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