§ 57. Mr. Rankinasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will amend the Colonial regulations and general orders of Colonial territories which permit officials to buy land in order that no British expatriate member of the Colonial Service may purchase land in any Colony until he has terminated his membership of the Service.
Mr. Creech JonesUnder the existing Colonial regulations and the general orders of Colonial territories, an officer may be given permission to acquire land only if his private affairs would not thereby be brought into real or apparent 207W conflict with his public duties. I am satisfied that this procedure has not been abused.