§ * MR. REES (Montgomery Boroughs)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is proposed to introduce any method of enforcing contracts for labour in British Central Africa otherwise than by a civil suit under the existing law.
§ THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. CHURCHILL, Manchester, N.W.)The question whether magistrates shall not be given power to inflict penalties on natives for breach of contract, similar to those exercised by magistrates in some of the South African colonies, is under the consideration of the Commissioner whose recommendations will be submitted for the approval of the Secretary of State.