§ 31. Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken to reorganise labour departments in East African colonies as recommended in the Orde Browne Report; and whether British trade union advisers are to be sent to Kenya and Tanganyika.
§ Mr. georģe HallThe Departments are already being reorganised and expanded on the lines recommended in the report and the European staff provided for in the 1946 Estimates will be nearly double that provided for in 1945. Men with wide British trade union experience are now being selected for appointment as labour officers in Kenya and Tanganyika.
§ Mr. SorensenCould the right hon. Gentleman say how many are being sent and when they are likely to be sent?
§ Mr. HallTwo are to be appointed to Kenya and one to Tanganyika. We are hoping they will soon be appointed.