HC Deb 15 February 1956 vol 548 c264W
82. Mr. Teeling

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will give an assurance that, whether Malta integrates with the United Kingdom or does not, the economic aid promised to Malta at the Conference held in London last June, will still be forthcoming.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

So far as Her Majesty's Government are concerned, the statement issued after that Conference will remain valid whatever the decision on integration may be, but as the statement made clear, the extent of economic aid will depend upon a number of conditions and the question how far the conditions will be satisfied is at this stage a hypothetical one. I would, however, draw the attention of my hon. Friend to paragraphs 58–61 of the Report of the Round Table Conference.