HC Deb 13 November 1929 vol 231 cc2025-6
41. Colonel WEDGWOOD

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what action the Secretary of State proposes in connection with the measure to vest Kenya Native reserves in trustees with the power to lease part of such lands to persons of European descent?

Mr. LUNN

I would refer my right hon. and gallant Friend to the reply which I gave on 6th November to the right hon. Member for Stafford (Mr. Ormsby-Gore). As regards leases of land in a native reserve these will not be confined, as my right hon. and gallant Friend seems to suggest, to persons of European descent, but may be for development by members of another tribe or for joint undertakings as between Government natives and European enterprise.

Colonel WEDGWOOD

Is the hon. Gentleman aware that these leases of land in the native reserve may be given to whites under an Ordinance which is now being considered in Kenya, and will he take care that natives have not got this just cause of fear that this Clause in the Bill may be used to alienate their rights?

Mr. LUNN

I shall be very pleased to convey to; my Noble Friend what the right hon. Gentleman says.

Colonel WEDGWOOD

I suppose I am right in thinking that it is possible for the Secretary of State still to effect a modification in a Bill which has not yet been passed by the Kenya Legislature?

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