§ 27. Mr. Godman Irvineasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will undertake to safeguard the rights and 92W interests of the indigenous Fijian race in whatever constitution is proposed at the forthcoming conference.
§ Mrs. WhiteAs my right hon. Friend told the hon. Member in answer to his Question on 8th July, the object of the Conference will be to work out a constitutional framework which will preserve a coninuing link with Britain and within which further progress can be made in the direction of internal self-government. It would certainly be my intention that any such framework should safeguard the rights and interests of both the Fijians and also of all the other races in Fiji.
I am placing in the Library of the House a copy of a despatch concerning the Conference which I have addressed to the Governor of Fiji and which is being published in Fiji today.