§ 54. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what developments have taken place since 29th April last, in the steps he was then taking to bring about the federation of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland.
§ Mr. LytteltonI would refer the hon. Member to the statement I made after Questions today which will, I think, give him the information he seeks.
§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps he has taken since 29th April last, to ascertain from representative Africans their present opinions on the proposed federation of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland; who these representative Africans are; and what opinions they expressed.
§ Mr. LytteltonI saw the delegates from the African Representative Council of Northern Rhodesia and the African Protectorate of Nyasaland before they left. I outlined to them the proposals agreed at the Lancaster House conference which, as I shall describe in the statement I have just promised, are published today. I asked them to reserve judgment on the proposals until they could study them in full, and they agreed to do so.
Further steps would have been premature until the White Paper had been published.