§ Captain Kerbyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies which Colonies and/or Protectorates are key points in the defence of the Commonwealth and whose inhabitants cannot therefore anticipate full self-government without adequate safeguards for British and Commonwealth interests.
§ Mr. ProfumoIt is the declared policy of Her Majesty's Government to promote the greatest practicable measure of self-government in each of the Colonial Territories. Defence is one of many matters which would have to be taken152W into account when measures of self-government for any particular Colonial Territory were under consideration.