§ Commander Marsdenasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he 389W will arrange that the annual Colonial Office Report on Cyprus for 1938 is ready, and available for the use of members, before the Colonial Office vote is taken?
Mr. M. MacDonaldThe Annual Colonial Reports contain much statistical and other information which cannot become available until after the close of the year with which they deal. Some months must necessarily elapse before they can be published. Colonial Governments have already been asked to forward their reports as early as possible each year. I will do my best to expedite the publication of the Cyprus Report, but I am afraid that I can give no definite undertaking as to the date by which it will be available.