HC Deb 25 March 1965 vol 709 cc131-2W
Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has yet had a report from the

retutns of actual and estimated expenditure, is as follows:—

Chairman of the Sports Council or other relevant body about the steps which the Commonwealth Games Committee and the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations are taking as to Great Britain's participation in the Commonwealth Games in Jamaica in 1966.

Mr. Denis Howell

No. As I explained in my reply of 11th March to Questions put by the hon. Member for Harborough (Mr. Farr) and my hon. Friend the Member for Meriden (Mr. Rowland), the Commonwealth Games Committee are preparing plans for British participation in the Jamaica Games and in due course I shall be discussing the problem with the Sports Council and with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations.