HC Deb 26 July 1968 vol 769 c227W
Mr. Wall

asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about his conversations in London with the Prime Minister of Swaziland.

Mr. George Thomson

At his request, the Prime Minister of Swaziland and I met at the Commonwealth Office on 25th July to discuss the question of land shortage and land use in Swaziland. I was accompanied by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Overseas Development and the Prime Minister by his Minister of Health, and officials on both sides. At the meeting the Prime Minister presented detailed proposals in this regard. We will now consider proposals put forward by the Prime Minister and to this end we have agreed to send a team of experts to examine the question with the Swaziland Government. The matter is likely to be further discussed at the talks on future aid which will be held with the Government of Swaziland later in the year.