§ 49. Miss Herbisonasked the Prime Minister if, in the interests of improving race relations, he will consider visiting 1029 United Kingdom territories in Africa during the Summer Recess.
§ The Prime MinisterI should certainly welcome an early prospect of visiting Territories in Africa.
§ Miss HerbisonI thank the Prime Minister for his reply, but is he aware that the banning of the Rev. Tom Colvin as a prohibited immigrant has considerably deepened the fears of the Africans, and if the right hon. Gentleman does manage to visit Africa during the Summer Recess will he use his good offices to try to bring about a different policy there?
§ The Prime MinisterThat supplementary question arises directly out of my reply, but I know that my colleagues' visits are very valuable. My right hon. and noble Friend the Commonwealth Secretary has recently made a visit, and we are, I am sure, all hopeful of creating an atmosphere and spirit in which this very difficult problem that faces us all in Africa may be resolved.
Mr. DugdaleWill the right hon. Gentleman first approach Sir Roy Welensky to make quite certain that he himself is not placed in the unenviable position of Mr. Colvin if he chooses to visit Rhodesia?
§ The Prime MinisterI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his suggestion, but I am bound to say that his interventions have not always been in quite the spirit of those of the hon. Lady the Member for Lanarkshire, North (Miss Herbison).