HC Deb 11 April 1927 vol 205 cc16-7
24. Mr. GARDNER

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the registration of opium consumers is now generally applied in the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States and, if not, how soon it will be applied?

Mr. AMERY

Opium consumers are not registered in the Straits Settlements or Federated Malay States, though the Governments of those territories have put into operation certain measures which are designed to lead up to registration of consumers if and when circumstances permit.

25. Mr. GARDNER

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any system of registration of opium consumers has yet been introduced in North Borneo; and, if not, whether representations will be made to the British North Borneo Company urging the desirability of taking this step, as a first measure towards the suppression of opium smoking contemplated in The Hague and Geneva Opium Conventions?

Mr. AMERY

The Government of the State of North Borneo has recently introduced an experimental and tentative system of registration of consumers of opium.