asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will inquire into a case, details of which have been sent to him, of a university medical graduate who qualified as a specialist on the assurance that consideration would be given to that qualification in making appointments in the East African medical service, but this assurance has not been implemented, and the case has been the subject of a protest by the local branch of the British Medical Association?

My Noble Friend has made careful inquiries into this case. He is not aware of any special assurance having been given to the officer in question which there has been a failure to implement.