§ 32. Squadron-Leader Donnerasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of estates and the total acreage of enemy property now in the hands of the custodians in Kenya and Tanganyika, respectively?
§ The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Colonel Oliver Stanley)I am asking the Governments concerned for the information, and will pass it on to the hon. and gallant Member when received.
§ 33. Squadron-Leader Donnerasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether in the interests of the Africans employed and to remove uncertainty, he will state the intentions of His Majesty's Government regarding the future of enemy property in East Africa after the war and now in the hands of the custodians; and whether all or any part of these estates will be made available to would-be settlers under a fighting services settlement scheme?
§ Colonel StanleyI regret that His Majesty's Government are not in a position to state their intentions on this subject at present.