§ 36. Sir G. Foxasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in accordance with the spirit of paragraph 65 of the White Paper on Mass Education in African Society, he will arrange for more official and financial encouragement to be given by education departments in African Colonies to a rapid extension of the African boy scout and girl guide movement by organising regional training centres under a whole-time European instructor for intensive training of African scout leaders drawn from rural as well as urban centres, and for the closest possible cooperation in this matter with the scout movement leaders in this country.
§ Mr. georģe HallYouth organisations, including the boy scout and girl guide movements, among other social welfare activities, have recently been commended to Colonial Governments in a Colonial Office memorandum. The hon. Member will, however, appreciate that it is for Colonial Governments themselves to consider the forms of youth organisation most suitable to individual territories and the method of financing them, whether wholly from local funds, or from other sources.