§ Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Prime Minister whether he will cause instructions to be issued that the flogging of women in repugnant to British ideas and must immediately cease, not only in British Crown Colonies, but also in such countries as Egypt, Mesopotamia, or German East Africa, which are under our mandate or protection?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe flogging of women, is forbidden by law in India, Egypt, and all Crown Colonies, and every effort is being made to put an end to the practice so far as it has survived in regions not under the direct administrative control of the British Government.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether women are publicly flogged in any of the British Colonies Protectorates, or mandatory areas; and, if so, what steps are being taken in the matter?
§ Lieut.-Colonel AMERYFlogging of women is forbidden by law in all our Colonies, and every effort is being made to put an end to the practice so far as it has survived in regions not under our-direct administrative control, where our 513W general policy has been, to maintain intact so far as possible the existing native system of law and administration.