§ 51. Mr. Brockwayasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on the conclusions of the constitutional conference on the future of Honduras.
§ 52. Mr. Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement about his talks with the delegation from British Honduras.
§ Mr. SandysThe conference reached agreement on the introduction of internal self-government. The present Executive Council over which the Governor presides will be replaced by a Cabinet of Ministers presided over by a Premier. The Legislature will be reconstituted as the National Assembly, consisting of a wholly elected House of Representatives and a Senate. There will be no official members of the Legislature or of the Cabinet. Except in certain specified matters the Governor will in future act in accordance with the advice of the Ministers. The report of the conference will be issued shortly as a Command Paper.