§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a list of countries granted independence by the United Kingdom since 1947, indicating against each the date when the independence 255W decision was taken in principle and the length of the transition from colonial to independence status.
§ Mr. LuardThe following countries have been granted independence by the
Country A B India 20th February 1947 15th August 1947 Pakistan 20th February 1947 15th August 1947 Burma January 1947 4th January 1948 Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) June 1947 4th January 1948 Palestine 31st August 1947 (United Nations decision) 15th May 1948 Sudan Anglo-Egyptian agreement 1953 1st January 1956 Ghana 18th September 1956 6th March 1957 Malaysia (formerly Federation of Malaya)* January 1956 31st August 1957 Somaliland May 1960 26th June 1960 Cyprus February 1959 16th August 1960 Federal Republic of Nigeria September/October 1958 1st October 1960 Sierra Leone April/May 1960 27th April 1961 Tanganyika (now united with Zanzibar as Republic of Tanzania) March 1961 9th December 1961 Jamaica February 1962 6th August 1962 Trinidad and Tobago April 1962 31st August 1962 Uganda October 1961 9th October 1962 Zanzibar February 1962 10th December 1963 Kenya June 1963 12th December 1963 Malawi September 1963 6th July 1964 Malta GC June 1963 21st September 1964 Zambia January 1964 24 October 1964 The Gambia 4th October 1963 18th February 1965 Republic of Maldives May 1964 26th July 1965 Guyana January 1962 26th May 1966 Botswana June 1964 30th September 1966 Lesotho June 1966 4th October 1966 Barbados June 1966 30th November 1966 Aden June 1964 30th November 1967 Mauritius September 1965 12th March 1968 Swaziland March 1966 6th September 1968 Fiji 5th May 1970 10th October 1970 Bahamas November 1972 10th July 1973 Grenada February 1966 (as an Associated State) 7th February 1974 Seychelles March 1975 28th June 1976. * Singapore achieved independence separately from Malaysia on 9th August 1965.