§ 39. Mr. Fenner Brockwayasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what have been the results of the investigation into the allegations made by Miss Eileen Fletcher regarding conditions in prisons and detention camps in Kenya.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydAs I informed the hon. Member for Rugby (Mr. J. Johnson) in a Written Reply yesterday, copies of a memorandum setting out the results of investigations completed to date into Miss Fletcher's allegations have been placed in the Library. Since that memorandum was prepared, I have received a statutory declaration by Miss Fletcher and copies of this will be placed in the Library tomorrow. When Parliament reassembles, I will make available comments on those parts of the statutory declaration which are not covered in the first memorandum.
§ Mr. BrockwayWill the proposed Parliamentary delegation have the opportunity to consider both the charges that were made by Miss Fletcher and the replies made by the Government of Kenya so that they may come to some impartial Government decision between one and the other?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThere can be no question of anything approaching what can be thought to be in any way a commission of inquiry, but naturally Members of this House and of the other place going to Kenya will have read the documents which by then will have been fully available.