§ Mr. Brockwayasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies under what authority the Inter-African Labour Conference is to be convened at Lusaka in August; the number of delegates and observers expected; what organisations they will represent; and how many will be Africans.
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§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe 5th Session of the Inter-African Labour Conference is being organised under the aegis of the Commission for Technical Co-operation South of the Sahara by the Government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The composition of delegations from the six Member Governments (Belgium, France, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Portugal, the Union of South Africa and the United Kingdom) is a matter for each Government. The United Kingdom delegation will, as at past sessions include, in addition to representatives of the African colonial Governments, territorial representatives of employers' and workers' organisations appointed to express technical views on questions under discussion. It is not yet known what organisations will be represented by observers. It is customary for the International Labour Organisation to send an observer.
About seventy delegates and observers in all are expected to attend the Conference, but the number of Africans cannot be forecast. (Five Africans were included in the United Kingdom delegation at the previous session at Beira in 1955.)