§ 20. Captain ERSKINE-BOLSTasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can now make any statement as to the activities of the new committee which has been appointed to censor films for use in countries, where there is a Native population; whether he is aware of the constant difference of tratement of films in Tanganyika and Kenya; and whether he will endeavour to ensure that the different censoring authorities in those countries have some similarity in their decisions?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERAs I explained to my hon. and gallant Friend in the reply which I gave to him on the 18th April, the committee to which he refers is of an advisory nature only and it is not intended that it should undertake the censorship of films. Its function is to advise the distributing company in the selection of films suitable for exhibition in the Colonies. As regards the latter part of the question I have received no complaints of the difference of treatment of films in Kenya and Tanganyika.