HC Deb 26 January 1961 vol 633 cc51-2W
85. Mr. Elwyn Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether he has yet received a copy of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Sharpeville shooting in which five British protected persons were killed and 17 injured by the South African police; and what communications he has had with the South African Government concerning the Report.

Mr. Alport

I understand that the Report was laid before the South African Parliament on 23rd January, in the form of a typewritten document in Afrikaans, which has not so far been translated into English. The United Kingdom High Commissioner has been given access to one of the limited number of copies, which is now being studied. My right hon. Friend has had no communication with the South African Government about it.