§ 35. Mr. Swinglerasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will publish a list of the books and journals, circulation of which has been prohibited in East African territories, and state the grounds for the prohibition in each case.
§ Mr. LytteltonAs the control of the circulation of publications is, under approved colonial laws, a matter within the discretion of the Governments concerned, full information is not immediately available to me. I am however making inquiries of those Governments, and when I have their replies I shall communicate with the hon. Member.
§ Mr. SwinglerIn view of that statement and in the light of the hope that the Secretary of State will publish the facts about this heavy-handed censorship, will he inquire why this censorship is exclusively directed against African newspapers and does nothing to curb the racial and Malanite propaganda of settler newspapers?
§ Mr. LytteltonThe hon. Member has leaped to another conclusion which we cannot endorse until we have had an opportunity of looking at the facts, which I will supply.