HC Deb 17 December 1959 vol 615 c1627
10. Mr. Dugdale

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent it is his intention that assistance under the settlement scheme in the Eastern Province of Rhodesia will be given to Africans as well as Europeans.

Mr. J. Amery

The only current settlement schemes in the Eastern Province of Northern Rhodesia are in native reserve and native trust land and are exclusively African.

Mr. Dugdale

Is the Under-Secretary aware that a sentence in the Press said that there was a scheme for specially assisting Europeans in this area? I want to be certain that we are not going to start another White Highlands scheme there.

Mr. Amery

There are schemes under discussion in other areas in the Eastern Province, but the current settlement schemes already in progress are in native reserves and native trust land and are exclusively African.