HC Deb 28 July 1964 vol 699 cc249-50W
60. Mr. Bottomley

asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations and the Colonies whether he proposes to continue to issue the Common wealth Relations Office List as a hand book on Commonwealth affairs.

Column1 Column2 Column3
(a) (b) (c)
British Honduras Antigua Barbados
British Solomon Islands Protectorate Gambia British Antarctic Territory
Dominica State of Malta
Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, with the Central and Southern Line Islands St. Helena
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
Grenada Tonga
Montserrat
New Hebrides
St. Kitts Nevis-Anguilla
(a) Orders in Council are in the course of preparation for all these territories.
(b) The matter is still under consideration by the Governments of these territories.
(c) Barbados intends to enact local legislation. British Antarctic Territory has agreed to adopt the enlarged Admiralty jurisdiction but the method of doing so is still under consideration.

Sir Knox Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations and the Colonies if he will list those countries or territories for which Her Majesty's Government exercises responsibility through the Colonial Office, together with those former colonial countries or territories for which Her Majesty's Government previously

Mr. Sandys

It is intended that the next edition of the Commonwealth Relations Office List should be published in January, 1965. Arrangements for subsequent years, after the setting up of the new Diplomatic Service in 1965, are still under consideration.