HC Deb 16 May 1934 vol 289 cc1773-5W
Mr. H. WILLIAMS

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can furnish a list of the British Colonies which at the moment are not prevented by treaty engagements from imposing quantitative restrictions on the imports of Japanese goods; and in respect of which of these is the consent of the local legislative assembly necessary before such restrictions can be imposed?

Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER

A list is given at the end of this answer of the dependencies which are at present being invited to impose quantitative restrictions on certain foreign imports, but it must not be assumed that Colonies not included in this list are necessarily precluded from doing so by treaty engagements. As to the second part of the question, there are local legislative assemblies in all these Colonies except Cyprus, Gibraltar, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Malta and St. Helena, and their consent is normally necessary for all acts of local legislation. The constitutional position varies widely, however, and it would not be possible to give a short account of the circumstances in which the consent of such assemblies may be dispensed with in particular Colonies.

List.

Bahamas.

Barbados.

Bermuda.

British Guiana.

British Honduras.

Ceylon.

Cyprus.

Falkland Islands and Dependencies.

Fiji.

Gambia (Colony and Protectorate) Gold Coast—

  1. (a) Colony.
  2. (b) Ashanti.
  3. (c) Northern Territories.

Jamaica (including Turks and Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands).

Leeward Islands—

Antigua.

Dominica.

Montserrat.

St. Christopher and Nevis.

Virgin Islands.

Malay States—

(a) Federated Malay States—

Negri Sembilan.

Pahang.

Perak

Selangor.

(b) Unfederated Malay States—

Johore,

Kedah,

Kelantan,

Perlis,

Trengganu, and

Brunei.

Malta.

Mauritius.

Nigeria—

  1. (a) Colony.
  2. (b) Protectorate.

North Borneo, State of

St. Helena and Ascension.

Sarawak.

Seychelles.

Sierra Leone (Colony and Protectorate).

Somaliland Protectorate.

Straits Settlements.

Trinidad and Tobago.

Western Pacific, Islands of—

British Solomon Islands Protectorate.

Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony.

Tonga.

Windward Islands—

Grenada.

St. Lucia.

St. Vincent.