HC Deb 19 December 1957 vol 580 cc90-1W
75. Sir Hutchison

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps he will take, either nationally or internationally, to explain to the peoples of Africa, and oversea territories in general, the implications of the provisions of the Common Market and the Free Trade Area.

Mr. Profumo

The Governments of our overseas territories are being kept closely in touch with our thinking both about the Treaty of Rome and the proposals for a European Free Trade Area. The official overseas information services have been, and are, making available for use in overseas territories a wide range of information and comment on both subjects.