HC Deb 17 June 1953 vol 516 c63W
58. Mr. Sorensen

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps have been taken to institute fully democratic elections to district councils in the Protectorate of Sierra Leone.

Mr. Lyttelton

The Government of Sierra Leone is alive to the need for more representative membership of these councils but considers it advisable to have a further period of trial of the present arrangements, which only came into effect at the beginning of 1951.

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