§ 47. Mr. J. Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in what territories elections on the common roll have been introduced or promised to be introduced.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe names of those entitled to vote at elections to the Legislatures of the following Territories are registered on common rolls:
Aden (Colony).Bahamas.Barbados.Bermuda.British Honduras.Falkland Islands.Gambia.Gibraltar.Gold Coast.Jamaica.Leeward Islands.Federation of Malaya.Nigeria (Federal and Regional Governments and Southern Cameroons).Malta.Mauritius.Northern Rhodesia.Seychelles.Sierra Leone.Singapore.Trinidad.Windward Islands.2. For Territorial elections in Nyasaland, European and Asian electors are registered on a common roll.3. The Governor of Uganda has stated that it is an aim of policy to introduce direct elections on a common roll for Representative Members of Legislative Council in 1961, provided that there is a general desire for this throughout the country and that arrangements can be recommended which are acceptable to Her Majesty's Government.
57W 4. The Governor of Tanganyika has announced his Government's intention to introduce legislation which will enable elections on a common roll to be held in some constituencies at least in 1958.
5. Elections in British Guiana under the constitutional arrangements recently announced will be on a common roll.