§ Mr. Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement about the boycotting of Legislative Council elections by the national organisations in the Aden Colony.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydAn attempt was made by certain Arab nationalist organisations in Aden to persuade the popula-48W tion to boycott the recent elections: the Aden T.U.C. supported this movement. Nevertheless a large number of candidates offered themselves and, of the 12 persons elected, 9 were Arabs. The actual number of persons who voted was slightly greater than on the occasion of the last elections, though the percentage of those registered who voted was a good deal smaller.