§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the Ministerial appointments recently made by the Governor of Northern Rhodesia and their precise responsibilities, and define the constitutional status of such Ministers in relation to the authority of the Governor.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydAfter the recent General Election, the Governor of Northern Rhodesia made the following appointments to Ministries: the principal matters with which they are concerned are noted.
Secretariat
Chief Secretary—E. D. Hone, C.M.G., C.V.O., O.B.E.
Law and Order, Establishment: Race Relations: Information; Executive and Legislative Councils.Ministry of African Agriculture
Minister of African Agriculture—E. Mwamba.
African Agriculture: Animal Husbandry: African co-operatives: African marketing.Ministry of African Education
Minister of African Education—G. Musumbulwa.
African Education: Publications Bureau.Ministry of Finance
Minister of Finance—R. A. Nicholson, C.B.E.
Territorial revenue and expenditure: Taxes: Territorial Accounts: Audit: Loans and investments.Ministry of Labour and Mines
Minister of Labour and Mines—H. J. Roberts, J.P.
Labour: Mines.Ministry of Land and Natural Resources
Minister of Land and Natural Resources—A. E. Carlisle.
Lands (other than Native Reserves and Native Trust Lands): Natural Resources: Water Development and Irrigation.Ministry of Legal Affairs
Attorney-General—B. A. Doyle, Q.C.
Legal and judicial matters: Administrator-General.Ministry of Local Government
Minister of Local Government—S. R. Malcomson.
98WLocal Government: African Housing Boards: Welfare and Probation Services.Ministry of Native Affairs
Minister of Native Affairs—G. S. Jones, C.M.G., M.B.E.
Provincial administration: African administration: Native Courts: Rural Development: Kariba resettlement.Ministry of Transport and Works
Minister of Transport and Works— W. G. Dunlop, J. P.
Transport: Works.Ministers are members of the Executive Council appointed in accordance with the Royal Instructions. They are required to accept collective responsibility for Government policy. Each Minister is responsible to the Governor in Council for the administration of his Ministry.
Copies of the Additional Royal Instructions made on 19th January, 1959; of despatch No. 121 of 11th March, 1959, to the Governor of Northern Rhodesia setting out more fully the principles of Ministerial responsibility; and of Northern Rhodesia Press Communiqué No. 158 of 6th April, 1959, giving fuller details of the subjects dealt with in the respective Ministries have been placed in the Library of the House.