HC Deb 30 July 1957 vol 574 c164W
Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will either release Lim Chin Sing, a member of the Legislative Assembly, Singapore, from detention, or arrange for the election of a representative from his constituency to the Assembly.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

This is a matter for the elected Government of Singapore, by whose decision Lim Chin Siong was detained. As he remains a member of the Legislative Assembly the question of a by-election in his constituency does not arise.

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