MINISTRY OF REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIONS Permanent Secretary: S. E. Egweu (acting) MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Permanent Secretary: W. W. Rwetsiba Chief Inspector of Schools: J. M. Aryada MINISTRY OF HEALTH Permanent Secretary/Chief Medical Officer: MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND COMMUNITY Permanent Secretary: A. B. Adimola MINISTRY OF WORKS, COMMUNICATIONS Permanent Secretary: W. M. Aguma MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, BROADCASTING MINISTRY OF LABOUR Permanent Secretary, Labour Commissioner MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND ECONOMIC Permanent Secretary: A. K. K. Mubanda Permanent Secretary: C. H. M. Barlow OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER AND Controller and Auditor-General: G. A. OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE Chairman: H. E. Abdula-Anyuru AND NORTHERN IRELAND As a result of the elections held on 31st March 1966 the Labour Party held 345 seats in the House of Commons, the Labour and Co-operative Party 18 seats, the Conservative Party 239 seats, the Ulster Unionists 11 seats, the National Liberal Unionists 3 seats, the Liberal Party 12 seats, the Republican Labour Party 1 seat, and there was one non-party seat (the Speaker). At subsequent by-elections the Labour Party lost ten seats to the Conservative Party, one seat to the Liberal Party, one seat to the Welsh Nationalist Party and one seat to the Scottish Nationalist Party. A member of the Conservative Party is now an Independent Conservative. At the time of going to press (6th November 1969) there were four by-elections pending. The Labour Party, together with the Labour and Co-operative Party, had an overall majority of 65 seats. HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT MEMBERS OF THE CABINET Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service: Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Chancellor of the Exchequer: The Rt Hon. Roy Jenkins, MP Secretary of State for Social Services: The Rt Hon. Richard Crossman, OBE, MP Secretary of State for the Home Department: The Rt Hon. James Callaghan, MP Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning: Minister of Technology: The Rt Hon. Anthony Wedgwood Benn, MP Secretary of State for Education and Science: The Rt Hon. Edward Short, MP Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: The Rt Hon. Cledwyn Hughes, MP The Rt Hon. The Lord Shackleton, OBE Secretary of State for Wales: The Rt Hon. George Thomas, MP MINISTERS NOT IN THE CABINET Minister of Housing and Local Government: The Rt Hon. Anthony Greenwood, MP Minister of Public Building and Works: The Rt Hon. John Silkin, MP Minister of Posts and Telecommunications: The Rt Hon. John Stonehouse, MP Minister of State, Ministry of Technology: The Lord Delacourt-Smith Ministers of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs The Rt Hon. The Lord Caradon, GCMG, KCVO, OBE The Rt Hon. The Lord Chalfont, OBE, MC (Minister for Disarmament) The Rt Hon. The Lord Shepherd Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip): The Rt Hon. Robert Mellish, MP Ministers of State, Department of Health and Social Security: Minister of State, Department of Employment and Productivity: Edmund Dell, MP Minister of State, Ministry of Technology: Eric Varley, MP Ministers of State, Department of Education and Science: The Rt Hon. Jennie Lee, MP Gerry Fowler, MP I Ministers of State, Board of Trade: The Rt Hon. Goronwy Roberts, MP The Lord Brown, MBE Minister of State, Welsh Office: Mrs Eirene White, MP Minister of State, Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Denis Howell, MP Solicitor-General for Scotland: Ewan Stewart, MC, QC DEPARTMENTS OF STATE AND MINISTERS AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD Minister: The Rt Hon. Cledwyn Hughes, MP Joint Parliamentary Secretaries: John Mackie, MP; The Rt Hon. James Hoy, MP Minister: The Rt Hon. Harold Wilson, OBE, MP Lord Privy Seal: The Rt Hon. The Lord Shackleton, OBE DEFENCE Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. Denis Healey, MBE, MP Minister of Defence for Equipment: John Morris, MP Minister of Defence for Administration: Roy Hattersley, MP Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Navy: Dr David Owen, MP Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Army: Ivor Richard, MP Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Air Force: The Lord Winterbottom DUCHY OF LANCASTER Chancellor: The Rt Hon. George Thomson, MP EDUCATION AND SCIENCE Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. Edward Short, MP Ministers of State: The Rt Hon. Alice Bacon, CBE, MP; The Rt Hon. Jennie Lee, MP; Gerry Fowler, MP Under-Secretary of State: Miss Joan Lestor, MP EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. Barbara Castle, MP FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE The Rt Hon. Barbara Castle, MP FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. Michael Stewart, CH, MP Ministers of State: The Rt Hon. The Lord Caradon, GCMG, KCVO, OBE; The Rt Hon. The Lord Chalfont, OBE, MC (Minister for Disarmament); The Rt Hon. The Lord Shepherd Joint Under-Secretaries of State: Maurice Foley, MP; Evan Luard, MP HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY Secretary of State for Social Services: The Rt Hon. Richard Crossman, OBE, MP Joint Under-Secretaries of State: Brian O'Malley, MP; Dr John Dunwoody, MP HOME DEPARTMENT Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. James Callaghan, MP Minister of State: Mrs. Shirley Williams, MP Joint Under-Secretaries of State: Merlyn Rees, MP; Elystan Morgah, MP HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Minister: The Rt Hon. Anthony Greenwood, MP Minister of State: Denis Howell, MP Joint Parliamentary Secretaries: Arthur Skeffington, MP; The Lord Kennet; Reginald Freeson, MP LAW OFFICERS Attorney-General: The Rt Hon. Sir Elwyn Jones, QC, MP Lord Advocate: The Rt Hon. The Lord Wilson of Langside, QC Solicitor-General for Scotland: Ewan Stewart, MC, QC Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. Anthony Crosland, MP LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND REGIONAL PLANNING LORD CHANCELLOR The Rt Hon. The Lord Gardiner LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL AND Leader of the House of COMMONS The Rt Hon. Fred Peart, MP LORD PRIVY SEAL AND Leader of tHE HOUSE OF LORDS The Rt Hon. The Lord Shackleton, OBE MINISTER OF STATE T. W. Urwin, MP MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO The Rt Hon. Peter Shore, MP POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS Minister: The Rt Hon. John Stonehouse, MP PUBLIC BUILDING AND WORKS Minister: The Rt Hon. John Silkin, MP Parliamentary Secretary: Charles Loughlin, MP SCOTLAND Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. William Ross, MBE, MP Ministers of State: Dr J. Dickson Mabon, MP; The Lord Hughes, CBE SOCIAL SERVICES Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. Richard Crossman, OBE, MP TECHNOLOGY Minister: The Rt Hon. Anthony Wedgwood Benn, MP Ministers of State: The Lord Delacourt-Smith; Eric Varley, MP Joint Parliamentary Secretaries: Alan Williams, MP; Neil Carmichael, MP; Dr Ernest A. Davies, MP TRADE, BOARD OF President: The Rt Hon. Roy Mason, MP Ministers of State: The Rt Hon. Goronwy Roberts, MP; The Lord Brown, MBE TRANSPORT Minister: The Rt Hon. Frederick Mulley, MP Joint Parliamentary Secretaries: Bob Brown, MP; Albert Murray, MP TREASURY Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury: The Rt Hon. Harold Wilson, OBE, MP Chancellor of the Exchequer: The Rt Hon. Roy Jenkins, MP Chief Secretary: The Rt Hon. John Diamond, MP Parliamentary Secretary (Chief Whip): The Rt Hon. Robert Mellish, MP Financial Secretary: Dick Taverne, QC, MP Minister of State: William Rodgers, MP Lords Commissioners: Ernest Armstrong, MP; Joseph Harper, MP; Walter Harrison, MP; Neil McBride, MP; Ernest G. Perry, MP Assistant Whips: Terence Boston, MP; J. D. Concannon, MP; R. F. H. Dobson, MP; James Hamilton, MP; William Hamling, MP WALES Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. George Thomas, MP Minister of State: Mrs Eirene White, MP Under-Secretary of State: Edward Rowlands, MP HER MAJESTY'S HOUSEHOLD Lord Chamberlain: The Rt Hon. The Lord Cobbold, GCVO Lord Steward: The Rt Hon. The Viscount Cobham, KG, GCMG, TD Master of the Horse: The Duke of Beaufort, KG, PC, GCVO Comptroller: loan L. Evans, MP Vice-Chamberlain: Alan Fitch, MP Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms: The Rt Hon. The Lord Beswick Baronesses in Waiting: The Baroness Phillips, The Baroness Llewelyn-Davies HOUSE OF COMMONS Speaker: The Rt Hon. Dr Horace King, MP Chairman of Ways and Means: The Rt Hon. Sydney Irving, MP LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION The Rt Hon. Edward Heath, MBE, MP HOUSE OF LORDS Speaker: The Rt Hon. The Lord Gardiner Chairman of Committees: The Rt Hon. The Earl of Listowel, GCMG Note: Changes in the Government since 28th October 1969, are not reflected in this chapter. Z ZAMBIA AMBIA lies between latitudes 8° and 18° S., and longitudes 22° and 34° E. The country is land-locked and its neighbours are Angola on the west, South-West Africa (v (via the Caprivi Strip), the Republic of Botswana and Rhodesia on the south Mozambique and Malawi on the south-east and east, the United Republic of Tanzania on the north-east and the Congo on the north and north-west. The name Zambia is derived from Zambesi, the river which flows through the country and provides the boundary with Rhodesia. The area of Zambia is 290,600 square miles, which is well over five times the size of England. It consists mostly of a high plateau from 3,500 to 4,500 feet above sea level except where occasional mountains rise to over 7,000 feet, or where the plateau is deeply entrenched by the Zambesi River and its tributaries, the Kafue and the Luangwa Rivers, or by the Luapula River, which forms part of the headwaters of the River Congo, in the north-west. The Mafinga Mountains, the highest in the country, form part of the great escarpment running down the eastern edge of the Luangwa River valley, with peaks rising to just over 7,000 feet. There are three great lakes: Lake Mweru on the northern boundary with the Congo; Lake Tanganyika on the north-western boundary with Tanganyika; Lake Bangweulu and its swamps, in the northern district, covering an area of approximately 3,800 square miles. Along the southern border stretches Lake Kariba, at present the world's largest man-made lake. There are three seasons: a cool dry season from May to August, a hot dry season from September to November, and a wet season from December to April. In the hot season day temperatures may vary from 27-38°C (80-100°F), but at night there is a very distinct drop in the temperature and at times frost occurs in some areas. The rainfall range is 30-50 inches a year. The last official census of the African population was held in 1963 when they numbered 3,409,110. In 1968 the total population was estimated to be 4.1 million. Of this approximately 70,000 are Europeans and 12,300 are Asians. There are 73 tribes of which the largest are: Bemba, Ngoni, Chewa, Bisa, Lozi, Tonga, Luvale, Lenje, Ila, Senga, Lala, Lunda. English is widely spoken throughout the territory and is the official language. There are six main vernacular languages, viz., Nyanja, Bemba, Tonga, Lozi, Lunda and Luvale. Primary education is free and is not yet universal. In 1968 enrolment in primary schools was 608,893 and in secondary schools was 42,388. The university of Zambia was established in 1965 and the first students were admitted in March 1966. In 1968 there were 948 students. Christianity is the main religion. |