§ 66. Mr. J. Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that Sir John Moffatt, the specially appointed member for African interests from Northern Rhodesia upon the African Affairs Board of the Central African Federation, has been refused an assurance by the Federal Government that, under their new franchise proposals, elected African members in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland will be elected by voters who can collectively be designated as representatives of Africans; and what advice he has given to the Government of Northern Rhodesia regarding these proposals.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydYes; I have read a report of the proceedings in the Federal Legislative Assembly on 16th and 18th July. As for the second part of the Question such advice as I have given to the Governor of Northern Rhodesia has been in connection with the resolution debated by the Legislative Council on 18th June and in this connection I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Eton and Slough (Mr. Brockway)on the 9th July. So far as the present constitutional position is concerned, relating to the Federal Constitution Amendment Act, I would refer the hon. Member to what my hon. Friend, the Under-Secretary of State, said in the debate on the Consolidated Fund (Appropriation)Bill last night.