Former MP for Middlesbrough West
The House is indebted to the hon. Member for Hornsey (Mr. Gammans) for having raised this matter, not only on this occasion but on a number of other occasions, because he has pressed this subject in the House over an extensive period. It seems to me that there are two overriding considerations which the Government have to take into account. One is the shortage of manpower in this country,...
Will my right hon. Friend agree to investigate the standard of administration in the Cameroon Development Corporation, in view of the fact that over the last three years more than one-third of the European staff have left the Corporation and feel very bitter that opportunities to make their complaints heard have not been given to them?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what reports he has received from the Nigerian Government on the results of the new experimental courses in education for citizenship conducted at Man O' War Bay; and whether plans are being considered for the development of this training in the Cameroons or its extension elsewhere in West Africa.
Does not my right hon. Friend agree that the results achieved so far at Man O' War Bay are sufficiently encouraging to justify this scheme being continued and developed with a view to extending it to other parts of West Africa?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in what way he has decided to take action, with a view to help to stem the prevalence of crime in Jamaica, especially the corruption in the Jamaican-controlled parochial councils, and to deal with the question of the drug, known as ganja, which contributes to political and trade union violence.
Will my right hon. Friend agree that this increase in crime may indicate that the Constitution, which was brought into being in 1944, requires to be looked at again, in view of the fact that it has brought into the Assembly some irresponsible sections of the community, and this is perhaps the cause of this increase in crime?
I think my right hon. Friend based his whole argument in the first debate on the question of this man, if he returned, possibly causing trouble. Could he say what new principle of democratic socialism it is, which may be playing into the hands of the most reactionary influences in South Africa, which causes him to prevent men going back to the territories to which they belong? Is he going to...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the quantity and value of tar, used for refining in this country for the extraction of oils and other chemical contents, imported from hard-currency and soft-currency areas, respectively, in each of the last five years.
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