§ Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he has given a reply to representations made by the Ceylon National Congress to him respecting the political decisions reached by the Congress in December, 1943; and whether any pronouncement respecting the future constitutional development of Ceylon is likely to be made.
§ Colonel StanleyI received and acknowledged the representations of the Ceylon National Congress. The intentions of His Majesty's Government in regard to constitutional reform in Ceylon were clearly defined in the statement which I made in this House on 26th May, 1943, in reply to a Question made by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for the Isle of Wight (Captain Macdonald), to which at present I have nothing to add.