§ 17. Mr. Fernyhoughasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the total cost to date of the efforts to suppress the Mau Mau in Kenya.
§ Mr. LytteltonEmergency expenditure in Kenya totalled just over £1 million up to the end of February this year, and is currently estimated at £250,000 a month.
§ Mr. FernyhoughDoes not the right hon. Gentleman think it is time that he and the Government realised that reform is much cheaper than repression, and if the money had been spent prior to this outrage would not better use have been made of it?
§ Mr. LytteltonIt is about time that the hon. Member and some of his hon. Friends below the Gangway realised that the first duty of Government is to maintain peace and order, whatever the situation may be.
§ Mr. AlportDoes my right hon. Friend realise that the sum which the Government has decided to grant to Kenya to help in reconstruction is as greatly welcomed in East Africa as it is here?
§ Mr. WiggWill the right hon. Gentleman tell the House whether the sum includes the cost of sending a cruiser to Mombasa?
§ Mr. LytteltonThe hon. Gentleman, whose interest in these naval matters has been so acute, had better put the question on the Order Paper.
§ Mr. HaleAs the right hon. Gentleman has consistently failed to maintain order and has abolished law in Kenya, would it not be a good idea if he concentrated in the future on justice?
§ Mr. LytteltonIt would be much better if the hon. Gentleman concentrated his attention upon trying to put supplementary questions in a less tendentious manner.