25. Mr. David Adamsasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the assistance approved of £45,815, in the year ended March, 1936, for agricultural development in the Colonies from the Colonial Development Fund is to be devoted mainly to the assistance of native or European agriculture, or to what extent to the assistance of each?
Mr. M. MacDonaldI am not quite certain how the hon. Member has arrived at the total of £45,815, but it appears to include schemes relating to a variety of territories to a number of which the antithesis between European and native agriculture is inapplicable. In the remainder, it is impossible to determine the relation between the benefits derived by the two sections of the population, both of whom will gain.
Mr. AdamsMay I take it that there will be no discrimination between the non-European and the European population in the disposal of these funds?