HC Deb 03 July 1958 vol 590 c109W
30. Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what reply the Kenya Government have made to the request of the African-elected members of the Legislative Council that an independent inquiry should be held into conditions in prison and detention camps and that, as members of the Legislative Council, they should be permitted to visit the prisons and camps.

Mr. Profumo

A motion calling for such an inquiry was rejected by the Legislative Council on 27th June. During the debate some Members suggested that they should be allowed to visit prisons and camps, and the Government replied that the Commissioner of Prisons would consider requests to visit prisons, but not Emergency detention camps.