HC Deb 10 March 1959 vol 601 c1049
4. Mr. Albu

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent, in framing his new policy for Somaliland, he took as his criterion the interests of the people of the Protectorate.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The interests of the people of the Protectorate were obviously my main consideration.

Mr. Albu

Will the Secretary of State draw the attention of his colleagues in the Foreign Office to the long established principle of the paramountcy of the interests of the local inhabitants in the British Colonies?

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

If the hon. Gentleman is referring to a question previously put to one of my hon. Friends in the Foreign Office, that concerned a different question about a possible union of all areas occupied by Somalis.

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