§ 91. Mr. T. Reidasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement outlining the 10-year development plan for Jamaica, which is to cost £20,000,000, of which over £6,000,000 is to be met from the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund; and if the whole scheme of expenditure has been approved by him.
§ Mr. Georģe Hall:The plan, of which I have received a draft, covers the whole field of development and welfare in Jamaica, and includes proposed provision for agriculture, for development of communications, mainly roads, for educational development, for public health, and for social welfare. This draft plan is now being discussed by the Jamaica Legislature and will be reviewed by the Jamaica Government in the light of these discussions before it is submitted to me for final consideration and approval. It is thus still in a preliminary stage and therefore still open to modification.