§ Mr. Brockwayasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the functions of the National Economic Council of Nigeria; and to what extent these include the co-ordination of industrial planning in the different regions.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe National Economic Council is a non-statutory advisory body in which, under the Chairmanship of the Governor-General, representatives of the Federal, Regional and Southern Cameroons Governments meet to discuss the many economic problems common to each, notwithstanding their separate constitutional functions. At its first meeting in October, 1955, the Council agreed to recommend that there should be regular consultation between the Governments in the Federation about industrial development.