Mr. Creech Jonesasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Congo Basin Treaties have now been modified in respect of Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia; and what economic effects will follow from these changes.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI am asking the Governors of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland for an appreciation of the economic effects in those territories of certain arrangements which have recently been made by the Federal Government relative to the Congo Basin Treaty areas within the Federation; and I will write to122W the right hon. Member when I have received their replies.