Mr. Creech Jonesasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of apprehension existing in parts of East Africa, that financial assistance to the Colonies will be largely governed by the financial burdens which to-day are attached to particular Colonies; and whether, in the forthcoming legislation it will be made clear that no Colony will be prejudiced in application for assistance for works of development, because in the past it has so managed its finances as to be relatively free from debt?
Mr. M. MacDonaldI am not aware of the existence in East Africa of the apprehension to which the hon. Member refers or of any grounds for it. The point raised in the second part of the Question will not be overlooked.