Oral Answers to Questions — Commonwealth Relations and Colonies – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 16 June 1964.
Sir Arthur Irvine
, Liverpool Edge Hill
12:00,
16 June 1964
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations and the Colonies what progress has been made as a result of the conferences of July, 1963, and February, 1964, in London of member Governments of the South Pacific Commission.
Mr Nigel Fisher
, Surbiton
Discussions have been in progress for some time about modifications of the Agreement establishing the South Pacific Commission, to provide in particular for the admission of Western Samoa to membership.
Sir Arthur Irvine
, Liverpool Edge Hill
As the discussion has been going on for some time, has any thought been given to the possibility of a regional council acting on behalf of the bigger council so that it could meet more frequently than once every three months?
Mr Nigel Fisher
, Surbiton
This really is a regional council, constituted as it is. I acknowledge the delay, but I hope that it will be possible to make an announcement before long.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
