Mr. Creech Jonesasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the constitutional practice in respect of applications to the Attorney-General in Jamaica to join action in connection with any alleged wrongful act on the part of an officer of the local government; and whether the constitutional practice was departed from in the action recently sought in Jamaica on the question of the alleged wrongful act of the Colonial Secretary in the matter of the sale of Constant Spring Hotel?
§ Mr. Harold MacmillanThe Attorney-General's discretion whether to join in an action is absolute. The answer to the second part of the Question is in the negative.