HC Deb 13 March 1957 vol 566 cc1121-2
26. Mr. K. Robinson

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when the report of the committee appointed in 1954 by the Kenya Government to study the problem of security in old age will be published.

Mr. Profumo

The Kenya Government are considering this Report with that of the Rural Wages Committee which has recently become available. I am not in a position to say when the Report will he published.

Mr. Robinson

Would the hon. Gentleman at least encourage the Government of Kenya to publish this Report and not to sit on it indefinitely, because it is very important that we should know what is involved in providing security in old age for Africans, which is becoming a very urgent problem indeed, particularly for those in urban employment?

Mr. Profumo

I do not think the hon. Gentleman would really wish me to suggest that anything has been sat on. I am quite certain that his recent experience will bear that out. But I do assure him that there will be no lack of speed in trying to conic to a conclusion on this subject: but, as he knows, it does require very considerable study.