§ MR. STAVELEY-HILL (Staffordshire, Kingswinford)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the minimum height of children recruited under the terms of the New Hebrides Convention has yet been fixed.
I beg also to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps have been taken to ensure separate housing accommodation for unmarried men and women under the New Hebrides Convention.
§ COLONEL SEELYHis Majesty's Government have issued instructions to their officers prohibiting the recruiting of women and children in the New Hebrides.