§ 70. Mr. GRUNDYasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, under the recent ordinances in British East Africa, which provide for the industrial conscription of the natives, the total period for which the natives may be called out is not 60 days but 84 days in each year?
Colonel WILSONThe position is fully set out in Cmd. 873. A native may be called upon for work of a public nature up to a maximum of 60 days in any one year, unless he is fully employed in any other occupation or has been so employed during the preceding 12 months for a period of 3 months. In addition, he is liable for work for the benefit of the community of which he is a member up to a maximum of 6 days in any one quarter.
§ Lieut. Commander KENWORTHYDo yon get that from Moscow?
§ 71. Mr. MOSLEYasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in claiming exemption from the forced-labour ordinances of British East Africa, a native will be entitled to show that he has worked for three months during the preceding year on his own gardens or plantations and to claim exemption on these grounds?
Colonel WILSONIf a native has been fully employed in cultivation for himself for three months during the preceding twelve months, he is exempt from the provisions of the Native Authority Amendment Ordinance, 1920. If he belongs to a native community, he is liable for work for the benefit of that community under the Native Authority Ordinance, 1912, which gives effect to native custom on this point.
Mr. J. JONESWill the hon. and gallant Gentleman undertake that a copy of that Ordinance shall be sent to Trotsky?