asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it has now been decided that representatives of Kenya African coffee producers shall be invited to attend future official coffee conferences.

I am informed that the Coffee Board has yet to make a recommendation on this to the full coffee conference, whose next meeting will not be before July.

May I take it that the report of the special committee has now been considered by the Coffee Board? Has the right hon. Gentleman any further statement to make about its recommendations?

I am not informed on that. I do not know what recommendation has been made. The August resolution passed by the coffee conference instructed the Board to consider means whereby African coffee co-operatives might be represented at coffee conferences. I am not informed about what recommendations have been made. The matter will come up in July this year.