35. Mr. Creech Jonesasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any date has yet been fixed for the issue of the Order-in-Council on the highlands and reservations in Kenya; and whether it is still the policy of His Majesty's Government to extinguish native rights in the highlands and to dispossess certain of the African people of their ancestral lands?
Mr. M. MacDonaldI am not yet in a position to say when these Orders-in-Council will be issued. As regards the 3090 second part of the question, there has been no change in the policy of His Majesty's Government as indicated in Command Paper No. 4580 of 1934.
Mr. Creech JonesWill the Minister give special attention to the new Ordinance, and will he consider particularly Section 70 of that Ordinance, whereby it is definitely proposed to extinguish the rights of natives, particularly the rights of natives going back for many generations?
Mr. MacDonaldAs far as that is concerned, there has been no change in His Majesty's Government's policy. It has been very carefully considered by the Government, and also discussed in the House.