§ 3. Mr. CAMPBELLasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether there is any system under which the Government of India undertakes to supply native labour for works required by a Government Department outside India; and, if so, how many labourers have been thus recruited in each of the last three years and where have they gone?
§ Earl WINTERTONI presume that my hon. Friend refers to schemes which were sanctioned under the Indian Emigration Act, 1922, for the assisted emigration of unskilled labourers to Ceylon, Malaya, and for one year to Mauritius. The Government of India does not undertake to supply these labourers; the Government of the country of immigration is responsible for their recruitment under conditions prescribed by the Government of India, and for the conditions of their work on arrival, which, I understand, is for the most part under private employers.
5 The Indian statistics show the following numbers of emigrants under the Act to Ceylon and Mauritius:—
| 1922–23: | ||||
| Ceylon | … | … | … | 80,500 |
| Mauritius | … | … | … | Nil |
§ Later figures are not available.
§ As regards emigration to Malaya, figures will, I understand, be given in reply to the question No. 6 on the subject by the hon. Member for the Kidderminster Division of Worcestershire.