Elections and Public Safety Regulations (Inquiry)

HC Deb 07 May 1959 vol 605 cc65-6W

74. Mrs. Stonehouse

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the terms of reference of the inquiry under the Northern Rhodesian Emergency Powers Ordinance into the safeguard of elections and public safety; and who has been appointed to undertake this inquiry.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

To inquire into all the circumstances which gave rise to the making of the Safeguard of Elections and Public Safety Regulations, 1959.

Mr. N. C. A. Ridley has been appointed.