HC Deb 20 October 1954 vol 531 c169W
78. Mr. Foot

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the proportion of illiterates to the population in the Colonies and Protectorates as a whole, and secondly in each Colony and Protectorate.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

I regret that in the absence of any accepted criterion of literacy I do not feel in a position to answer this question.

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