§ 32. Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what reply was given by the Government of Tanganyika to the suggestions regarding the 1011 appointment of a constitutional committee made by Mr. Julius Nyerere before his resignation as a nominated member of the Legislative Council.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe intention to appoint such a committee after the completion of the elections in 1959 was announced by the Governor in April, 1957. When Mr. Nyerere suggested in the Legislative Council in September, 1957, that the committee should be set up forthwith, the Minister concerned indicated that this was not acceptable for two main reasons. First, it would involve serious delay in the elections now planned to begin in September this year; second, it is in any case desirable that any such committee should contain elected representatives among its members.
§ Mr. StonehouseIs it not a fact that Mr. Nyerere's suggestion was a very reasonable one, and, in view of the remarks made in the report by the mission on behalf of the Trusteeship Council, would it not have been in the best interests of Tanganyika for this constitutional committee to have been appointed?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI do not think so. I discussed this quite amicably with Mr. Nyerere himself, and I remain of the same opinion as I was then.