HC Deb 25 June 1952 vol 502 cc181-2W
79. Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if his attention has been called to the statement of the United Nations Visiting Mission to Tanganyika that, whilst there may be good practicable reasons for the land exchange in the Arusha and Moshi districts, they doubt the desirability of removing Africans from occupation, and that the matter merits the attention of the Trusteeship Council; and if he will meet the needs of the evicted tribe until the Trusteeship Council has had an opportunity to consider the question.

Mr. Lyttelton

As is clearly shown in the Visiting Mission's Report, the removal of these 350 families was part of a general land resettlement scheme from which the tribe benefited substantially.

Provision for the needs of the families concerned has always been offered in the form of compensation for disturbance and free transport to a new site prepared for them to settle in on better land.