§ Lieutenant Skeffington-Lodgeasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of the opposition, led by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Malta, to an appeal for a war memorial at St. Paul's Anglican Pro-Cathedral for the Englishmen who gave their lives at Malta; and whether he will take steps, to ensure that non-Roman Catholics are accorded tolerance and fair treatment by their co-religionists in the island.
§ Mr. George HallI am not aware that there is opposition to this scheme on the part of the Roman Catholic authorities in Malta. I understand, however, that there has been some criticism of the terms in which the appeal was launched, on the 555W ground that it was not made sufficiently clear that its object was the establishment of a war memorial in the Anglican Cathedral.
As regards the second part of the Question, I would point out that it is provided in Section 56 of the Letters Patent of 14th February, 1939, that all persons in Malta shall have full liberty of conscience and the free exercise of their respective modes of religious worship.