§ Mr. Rileyasked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he can state the present position of forced African labour in Southern Rhodesia; and if an assurance can be given that forced labour in Southern Rhodesia will not be maintained after the war.
§ Mr. Emrys-EvansA summary of the provisions of the Southern Rhodesia Compulsory Native Labour Act, 1942, was given in the reply to the hon. Member for Shipley (Mr. Creech Jones) on 23rd June, 1942. No recent information is available as to the number of natives who have been called up under the Act, but the Chief Native Commissioner for Southern Rhodesia has reported that the Act was working smoothly and without hardship to the natives. The operation of the Act is restricted to the period of the present war.