asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the Governor of Ceylon, on 3rd December last, refused to pardon Dr. S. A. Wickremasingh, a man of good character and a delegate to the World Federation of Trade Unions, who had served a term of imprisonment for a political offence, although this pardon was desired by the State Council and by many representative bodies in Ceylon; and whether he will take, or instruct the Governor of Ceylon to take, steps to deal with a situation which is calculated to deprive Ceylon of valuable public servants.