§ 4. Mr. Wilkesasked the Secretary of St-ate for the Colonies whether the African Representative Council in Northern Rhodesia will be asked to submit its views on the amalgamation of Northern and Southern Rhodesia; and whether any 247W council has been established to investigate subjects of common interest to the two territories and with what powers.
Mr. Creech JonesThe African Representative Council in Northern Rhodesia expressed views on the amalgamation of Northern and Southern Rhodesia at its first meeting on 14th November, 1946, and I will send my hon. Friend a copy of the record of the meeting. On the second point, the Central African Council was set up in 1945 with the object of establishing the closer contact and cooperation between the Governments of Northern and Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The Council is consultative in character, with a permanent inter-territorial Secretariat, and has made excellent progress in promoting effective co-ordination of policy and action in many matters of common interest.