§ 56. Mr. Thorpeasked the First Secretary of State whether Her Majesty's Government will make a declaration of intention not to grant independence to Southern Rhodesia until a multiracial constitution has been approved by a majority of its people.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerI have nothing to add to what I told the House in the debate on 3rd December. Southern Rhodesia is part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and in those circumstances the question of her separate independence does not arise.