§ 5. Mr. Brockwayasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on the conclusions of the Zanzibar constitutional conference.
§ Mr. MaudlingI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Dundee, East (Mr. G. M. Thomson) on 12th April. The report of the Conference was published on 17th April (Cmnd. 1699).
§ Mr. BrockwayI was aware of that earlier. In view of the rather dangerous situation in Zanzibar, may I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether he would not make a further effort to try to reach an agreement between Government and Opposition parties? Whilst it is difficult to get parties to coalesce if they do not want to do so, the right hon. Gentleman succeeded in Kenya. Cannot he make a new effort in Zanzibar?
§ Mr. MaudlingThe British Resident will be continuing his efforts and I am sure that he is the person best placed to bring about success. It was quite impossible at the recent conference to secure agreement, but I very much hope that the parties will find the way to agreement in the near future.