HC Deb 10 March 1960 vol 619 cc611-2
13. Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when it is now proposed to re-establish an elected legislature in Malta.

Mr. Iain Macleod

I am not yet in a position to add to my replies to the hon. Member for Bristol, Central (Mr. Awbery) on 9th February.

Mr. Brockway

As Malta has had its Parliament dissolved for nearly two years now and the islands are governed by the decree of the Governor, with an advisory council that is absolutely fatuous, is it not desirable that immediate steps should be take to restore democracy to these islands?

Mr. Macleod

I do not think that I quarrel with that at all. I have merely been trying to see how best that can be done.