§ 111. Sir R. Aclandasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement on the new decisions taken by His Majesty's Government on the question of making reports about colonial questions to the United Nations' Sub-Committee for Dependent Territories; and whether reports submitted to this Committee will also be regularly available to Members of Parliament.
§ Mr. J. DugdaleNo new decisions have been taken. Under Article 73 (e) of the United Nations Charter, we have supplied to the Secretary-General, annually since 1947, statistical and other material, for information purposes, on economic, social and educational conditions in the non-self-governing territories, other than trust territories, for which we are responsible. The General Assembly set up a Special Committee to examine this information, and this year the United Kingdom representative played a full part in its discussions. Copies of the Reports dealt with by the Committee are available in the Library of the House.