§ 35. Mr. Fenner Brockwayasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what action he proposes to take to relieve the distress among the Wemura since they were evicted from their land in Tanganyika.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThere would he no distress among these people if they would move to the land prepared for them by the Government, and will avail themselves of the assistance which the Government is ready to give them in establishing themselves on the new site.
§ Mr. BrockwayIs the right hon. Gentleman aware, first, that it is now three months since these forcible evictions took place, that many of these people are without houses, that some are dying of malaria, that some have nothing to eat and that others are destitute because their cattle have died? Second, is he aware that this is a Trusteeship Territory, that this tribe appealed to the United Nations last August, and that the Governor was not justified in carrying out the evictions before the Trusteeship Council were able to consider that appeal?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI can accept none of the hon. Gentleman's conclusions, and I would advise him to consult his right hon. Friend the Member for Llanelly (Mr. J. Griffiths), who first instituted this policy, and who, as recently as the 5th December, asked in the House a supplementary question which, I think, would reassure all sensible opinion on this subject.