21 FEBRUARY 1941, Page 3

An interesting debate on the work of the British Council

gave Mr. Butler a chance to show that where it has been most active, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and Malta, there we have received greatest support in the war. I am afraid that this is not the whole truth, though it is a direct tribute to the recent energy of the late Lord Lloyd. What emerged from the debate was the importance of Lord Lloyd's successor. The British Council is an all-party, non-partisan body, but its leader must be a man of initiative and vision. The next choice should fall on a man who has grasped the full significance of Britain's place in a revived British Commonwealth, but his vision must not end there.

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