§ 28. Mr. Liptonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements are being made to enable residents in the Channel Islands to give oral evidence to the Royal Commission on the constitution; and to what address written evidence should be sent.
§ Mr. CarlisleI understand that, after inviting written evidence through notices in the local Press, the Commission took oral evidence in the Islands in April last year. The Commission's address is G.K.N. House, 22 Kingsway, London W.C.2.
§ Mr. LiptonIs the Royal Commission on the constitution taking note of the fact that in the matter of housing land in Guernsey and other islands, the authorities operate a ruthless discrimination against British subjects, unless they are willing to buy houses each costing £15,000 2112 or more? Will he arrange for this matter to be looked into, or find out whether any investigation of this practice has already taken place?
§ Mr. CarlisleI find it difficult to see how this is within the ambit of the Royal Commission on the constitution, but I am sure that the Royal Commission is taking note of any evidence which it heard in the Islands.