§ Sir C. Osborneasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs, in view of the fact that an English businessman in Nigeria has been arrested four times on false charges, details of which have been sent to him by the hon. Member for Louth, what action he is now taking to protect English lives and property in Nigeria and to assist those who wish to return home.
§ Mr. George ThomasI understand that the businessman in question has since returned home to this country from Nigeria. As regards the last part of this Question, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which my right hon. Friend the Commonwealth Secretary gave in the House on 11th July. Since then British subjects in Eastern Nigeria have been advised by our High Commission to leave unless their jobs are essential.—[Vol. 750, c. 423.]