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unsel, solicitor or agent; and every such Irson shall be informed of his right to make
njections under this regulation.
5) All questions in any Committee shall determined by a majority of votes of the Chairman and of any member present and voting. In case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a casting vote.
(6) The Colonial Secretary or any person authorised by him in that behalf may by order direct the removal from any place lention to another place of detention specified in such order of any person or persons detained under any order made under paragraph (1).
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(7) Any person in the course of removal from one place of detention to another under paragraph (6) shall be deemed to be in lawful custody.
(8) Where an order is made under this regulation against a person to whom an order under regulation 37 or 38 is in force, the order under this regulation shall be deemed to replace such order.
(9) The Colonial Secretary may give orders or directions as to the internal management of and otherwise in connexion with any place of detention specified in any order made under paragraph (1) or (6) and as to the discipline
persons detained therein.
NOTE. Orders made under paragraph (1) may be cancelled by the Colonial Secretary or by any person authorised in that behalf ly the Colonial Secretary by notification in Le Gazette.
Governor of St. Helena
(Talks)
Mr. Dalyell asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on his talks with the Governor of St. Helena and other leading islanders.
Mr. Whitlock: I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to his Ques- tion on 17th December. The talks with the Governor and representatives from St. Helena are still taking place, and I am not yet in a position to make a state- ment. [Vol. 775, c/352.]
Nigeria (British Companies' Investments)
Mr. Cordle asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the commercial effect on British companies with investments in Nigeria of the new company law restricting their registration to Nigerian nationals.
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Mr. Foley British and other non- Nigerian companies operating in Nigeria 4 required under the decree to incor-
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504 porate locally if they wish to continue lo do business there. Some trading firms will not find difficulty in meeting the/re- quirements, but others, together with the commercial banks and insurance kom- panies have special problems on which they have made representations. It is too early to attempt an estimate of the commercial effect of the new law. The British High Commissioner in Lagos has throughout kept in close touch/ with the firms concerned.
Germany (Brussels Treaty)
Mr. Frank Allaun asked the Secre- tary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs what action he is taking under the Brussels Treaty /to ensure that the German Federal Republic is carry- ing out the agreement on atomic, bio- logical and chemical warfare.
Mr. Mulley: Under the Brussels Treaty revised in 1954, the Western European Union Armaments Control Agency is given the task of satisfying itself that the undertakings of the Federal German Republic not to manufacture atomic, biological and chemical weapons are being observed./ Her Majesty's Gov- ernment give the Agency their full support and co-operation. The Agency does not at present engage in control activities in respect of atomic weapons but all the nuclear activities of the Federal German Republic are of course under Euratom/Safeguards.
Gibraltar (U.N. General Assembly Vote)
Sir R. Russell asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give the names of the countries which took part in the vote in the Assembly of the United Nations n the future of Gibraltar, and the way each one voted.
Mr. Whitlock: On 18th December the General Assembly adopted the Fourth Committee's Resolution on Gibraltar by 67 votes to 18, with 34 abstentions and 7 absentees.
Voting on this Resolution was follows:
In fafour:
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Aghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Bolivia, Brafil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet
Solist Republic, Cambodia, Chad, Chile,
Clna, Colombia, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (K.ashasa), Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus,
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