HC Deb 30 January 1968 vol 757 c248W
32. Mrs. Ewing

asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs what are the criteria which determined Her Majesty's Government to grant independence to those countries which have become independent in the last two years.

Mr. George Thomas

I would refer the hon. Lady to the answer my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister gave to a similar Question by the hon. Member for Eastbourne (Sir C. Taylor) on 15th December, 1966.—[Vol. 738, c. 151.]