§ 72. Mr. Fenner Brockwayasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what consultations took place with the Liaison Committee in Malaya prior to the conclusion of arrangements for municipal elections next year and thereafter to the Councils in certain States and Settlements; and what views were expressed by the Liaison Committee.
Mr. DugdaleThe Communities Liaison Committee itself considered the desirability of introducing elections to the various legislatures in the Federation last 61W year, and in a statement of agreed views, published in September, recommended that elections should first take place in municipalities and such States and Settlements as were ready for them.