§ 58. Major Sir ARCHIBALD SINCLAIRasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies the value of the cotton exports from Kenya for each of the last three years for which figures are available?
§ Dr. SHIELSThe figures required are as follow:—
| £ | ||||
| 1926 | … | … | … | 32,750 |
| 1927 | … | … | … | 15,080 |
| 1928 | … | … | … | 21,048 |
§ Sir A. SINCLAIRHow can the hon. Gentleman's figures be correct, seeing that the hon. and gallant Gentleman the Member for Bournemouth (Sir H. Croft) stated last Wednesday in an interruption of my right hon. Friend the Member for Carnarvon Boroughs (Mr. Lloyd George) that no cotton was produced in Kenya.
§ Dr. SHIELSI must leave the right hon. Gentleman to settle that matter with that hon. and gallant Member.
§ Sir BASIL PETOIs it not obvious from the hon. Gentleman's reply that the exports of cotton from Kenya are absolutely negligible considering the amount of the exports from other Colonies?
§ Dr. SHIELSI do not think that it is true to say that £30,000 and £20,000 are absolutely negligible sums.