§ Dr. MarekTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the rules regulating the extent to which citizens of St. Helena paid partly or wholly out of Government of St. Helena funds may stand for election to the Legislative Council; and what discretion the Governor has in this respect.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggSection 17 (2) of the St. Helena constitution provides that the Governor, acting in his discretion, may by notice published in theGovernment Gazette make provision for enabling any public officer or class of public officer to be qualified for election to the Legislative Council. This provision was given effect to by a Government Gazette notice dated 15 February 1989.