§ 73. Mr. J. Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement upon the disturbances in the sugar plantations at Skeldon Estate, British Guiana, when police opened fire on the strikers.
§ Mr. ProfumoA Commission of Inquiry has been appointed by the Governor of British Guiana and is now investigating the disturbances. I should prefer not to make a statement until I have received the Commission's report.