§ 12. Mr. Braineasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when the Constitutional Commission now at work in the Somaliland Protectorate will report.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe Governor has told me that he hopes that the Commission will be able to report to him within approximately two months.
§ Mr. BraineCan my right hon. Friend say whether the work of the Commission has been delayed and, if there has been a delay, would he consider at least two reasons for making an entirely new approach to the whole question; the first being the impossibility of holding elections, as we understand them here, in a country where half the population spends half the year outside, in Ethiopia; and the second, the impending changes in Somalia, for which the Somalis cannot be——
§ Mr. SpeakerOrder. That supplementary question seems to me to go much beyond the Question on the Order Paper. The hon. Member only asked for an approximate date.
§ Mr. BraineWith respect, Mr. Speaker, as my right hon. Friend well 10 knows, these questions are relevant to the Question on the Order Paper.
§ Mr. SpeakerI am afraid I am the judge of that and that the hon. Member must accept my decision.