HC Deb 15 November 1951 vol 493 c61W
89. Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he has yet received a report from the three investigators who were sent by his predecessor to Bechuanaland; and when will their report be available.

Mr. J. Foster

Yes. The three observers who were sent to the Bamangwato Reserve to report on the attitude of the tribe to the question of Tshekedi Khama's return presented their reports in September to the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is at present studying these and other reports on Bamangwato affairs, and I am not yet in a position to answer the last part of the Question.

Mr. Paget

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether Mr. Tshekedi Khama has yet been granted permission to return to the house of his fathers.

Mr. J. Foster

No.