HC Deb 27 February 1939 vol 344 cc924-5W
Mr. Rhys Davies

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he has considered the petition of the British Virgin Islands Pro-Legislative Committee of America urging that an elective legislative government be granted to the people of the Presidency of the British Virgin Islands in the Leeward Islands Colony; and what answer has been returned?

Mr. M. MacDonald

I am sending the petition to the Governor of the Leeward Islands for consideration in conjunction with a petition from the British Virgin Islands Civic League to which it refers.

Mr. Creech Jones

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has considered a petition asking for the setting up of an elective legislative government in the British Virgin Islands of the Leeward Islands; and what reply has he given to the petitioners?

Mr. M. MacDonald

I am considering the petition in consultation with the Governor of the Leeward Islands.