§ 89. Mr. Tiffanyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is prepared to set up in his Department a cooperative department and cooperative advisory committee to make recommendations for the development of cooperative association and enterprise among the native peoples of the Colonial Empire.
§ Mr. Georģe Hall:As regards the proposal that there should be a separate cooperative department in the Colonial Office, I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave to the hon Member for Central Hackney (Mr. H. Hynd) on 24th October last. I am at present considering the question whether it would be helpful to establish a cooperative advisory committee in addition to the Office Committee on cooperation which at present functions within my Department.
§ 90. Mr. Tiffanyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make effective, in territories where co-operative legislation is at present inadequate, a model co-operative ordinance, drafted on 210W sufficiently elastic lines to cover the diverse conditions of the various Colonies.
§ Mr. Georģe Hall:I have recently circulated to all Colonial Governments a comprehensive model Co-operative Ordinance. The adaptation of this model Ordinance to the diverse conditions of the various Colonies is a matter which will receive consideration by the respective Colonial Governments.