HC Deb 08 May 1957 vol 569 cc65-6W
14. Mr. R. Edwards

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of Africans employed or working as independent farmers on the land in Sierra Leone for the years 1954, 1955 and 1956, respectively.

Mr. Profumo:

The number of men and women engaged in agriculture on their own account is roughly estimated at just under a million. It is not possible to give precise figures or to distinguish between years, but there is unlikely to have been great change during the period mentioned.