34. Captain ARTHUR EVANSasked the Minister of Health whether he will consider the report of the survey of the conditions of the coloured and half-caste population domiciled in the city of Cardiff, conducted by a joint committee of the British Social Hygiene Council and the British Council of the Mercantile Marine, which has been sent to him; and whether, in view of the health, employment, and social conditions found to be prevailing, he will take suitable action to remedy the matter?
§ Sir K. WOODI do not find that I have yet received a copy of the report to which my hon. Friend refers, but if he will arrange for me to be supplied with one, I will gladly consider it, in so far as it refers to matters within the province of my Department.
Captain EVANSWhen considering the report in question, will my right hon. Friend bear in mind the desirability of Appointing a small Royal Commission, say, of three persons, with wide terms of reference, to investigate all aspects of the difficult and complex problem of coloured people domiciled in Great Britain, especially in dock areas.
§ Sir K. WOODThat is a very wide question, and probably outside my province, but I had better see the report first.
Captain EVANSI put this question down to the Prime Minister in the first instance, and it was transferred to the Minister of Health.
§ Mr. LOGANWill the right hon. Gentleman consider the question of alien seamen who come to this country for three years, who have children, and who, on going back to their native country, leave them here?