HC Deb 01 May 1957 vol 569 cc180-1
19. Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will apply to civil servants in Kenya the same conditions regarding civil rights as are applied in the United Kingdom.

The Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd)

The Kenya Government are now reviewing this subject in consultation with the other East African Governments.

Mr. Brockway

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that reply. Would he consider applying the policy of the Masterman Committee to civil servants in Kenya, particularly to the minor and manipulative grades and industrialists? Why, for example, should European employees on the railways not be allowed to join a trade union?

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Of course, the Kenya Government have knowledge of the Masterman Committee and will, no doubt, take that into account in coming to their conclusions.

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