Dr. Morganasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the housing conditions in the village of John John, near Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies, are still as bad as when condemned in 1938 by the Forster Commission; whether the exact complete wording of the report of the medical officer of health on this village, not quoted in full in that Commission's report, can now be given; and how long will such conditions be allowed to continue?
Mr. WhiteleyThe Government of Trinidad have lately carried out important slum clearance and rehousing schemes in the neighbourhood of Port of Spain, and are continuing with this work so far as war conditions permit. Inquiry is being made of the Governor as to the present position in the particular village mentioned. The statement to which my hon. Friend refers in the second part of the Question was made in evidence before the Disturbances Commission, and was not, so far as I am aware, an extract from any report.