§ Colonel Crosthwaite-Eyreasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what permanent organisation exists to ensure that schemes prepared under the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund and the Colonial Development Fund are integrated.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThere is no such organisation, and I do not agree that "integration" would be appropriate. The purposes of the Corporation and of the Colonial Development and Welfare Acts, though to some extent complementary, are different. The funds provided under the Colonial Development and Welfare Acts are administered by the Colonial Office or Colonial Governments and not by an individual agency com-84W parable to the Colonial Development Corporation. In practice, the Colonial Development Corporation through its Regional Controllers is aware of what Colonial Governments are doing in their own field; and the Governments with whom the Regional Controllers maintain close contact are also aware of the Colonial Development Corporation's interests and activities in their territories.