HC Deb 23 July 1956 vol 557 c6W
Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in view of the decisive victory won by the party of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in the General Election held in the Gold Coast within the last few days, if he will now state the policy of Her Majesty's Government relating to the granting to the Gold Coast of independence within the Commonwealth.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

I would invite the hon. Member's attention to my statement in the House on the 11th May: the newly-elected Legislative Assembly in the Gold Coast has not yet met.

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