HC Deb 02 May 1956 vol 552 c379
14. Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies for what period Mr. M. Q. Y. Chibambo, who was deported to the Southern Province of Nyasaland in July, 1953, after serving a sentence of 15 months for sedition, is to be subject to the restriction order which confines him to an area of two miles of Port Herald and requires him to report daily to the police.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The restriction order on Mr. Chibambo is reviewed by the Governor in Council every six months.

Mr. Brockway

Is it not a fact that Mr. Chibambo was originally arrested for a speech which he made in criticism of the proposals for the Central African Federation? He has served fifteen years in prison—[HON. MEMBERS: "No."]—he was immediately picked up and has been kept in detention ever since. [HON. MEMBERS: "Fifteen months."] I am sorry. He has been kept in detention for fifteen months. Is it not time that this sentence was reviewed?

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The hon. Member is quite wrong. He is not now in detention, but he is subject to this restriction order, and I am not prepared to interfere in a matter of this kind. I believe this man to be a very dangerous agitator, and in the present situation I am not prepared to ask the Governor to review his decision other than at regular intervals, as he now already does.