§ 53. Mr. Awberyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in view of the facts that the Malta Emergency Powers Act will discourage industrialists 140W and investors from going to the island, and is contrary to the safeguards for human rights implied in the Malta Constitution of 1961, what factors influenced Her Majesty's Government in approving the introduction of this Act; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. SandysThe taking of powers to deal with public emergencies is perfectly normal and the replacement, by Maltese legislation, of the Emergency Powers Order in Council, 1939, as amended (which expired in Malta on 2nd March, 1963) was envisaged when the 1961 Constitution was made.