Dr. Morganasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the broadcast on 5th January by Sir Frank Stockdale, the Comptroller of the West Indian Development and Welfare Fund, giving a version of colonial welfare planning under his supervision, was made with the approval of the Colonial Office; whether he is aware that no annual Report on this subject has yet been submitted to Parliament as was recommended by the last West Indian Royal Commission; and why such information as was broadcast was not first submitted to Parliament either in a Command Paper or in a Parliamentary statement providing opportunities for discussion and deliberation?
§ Colonel StanleySir Frank Stockdale's broadcast on his work as Comptroller for Development and Welfare in the West Indies was made with my approval, as I considered it desirable that the public of this country should have an opportunity of hearing a general first hand account of Sir Frank Stockdale's work before his departure from this country, which took place while Parliament was still in recess. There will be ample opportunity for Parliamentary discussion on Colonial Development and Welfare both in the West Indies and elsewhere, detailed reports on which are to be published in the near future.