§ 28. Mr. ORMSBY-GOREasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received a copy of the report by Sir Edward Thornton on the Government European hospital at Nairobi, Kenya; and whether any action is being taken to give effect to any of the recommendations in that report, particularly as regards the accommodation of the nursing staff and the replacement of the existing buildings by a more modern type of hospital for Government officials and Europeans of small means?
§ Mr. LUNNI have been asked to answer this question. The Governor of Kenya has not yet forwarded the report to which the right hon. Member refers, but will no doubt do so in due course with his observations on the recommendations which it contains.
§ 30. Mr. C. WILLIAMS (for Sir B. PETO)asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the need of increased hospital accommodation at Nairobi, Kenya, for Europeans, Asiatics, and natives; whether his attention has been called to the report of a sub-committee of the executive council which recommended that £70,000 of the forthcoming loan should be allocated to this purpose; and whether this recommendation has the approval of his Department, and if effect will be given to it at the earliest possible date?
§ Mr. LUNNThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. My Noble Friend has approved of the inclusion in the schedule of further loan requirements of the Government of Kenya of a sum of £70,000, which is exclusive of establishment charges amounting to £10,500, for hospitals for Europeans, Indians and Africans at Nairobi, and he has no doubt that the provision of the facilities contemplated will be proceeded with as rapidly as circumstances permit.