Mr. Creech Jonesasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether a minimum wage Ordinance has yet been introduced in Northern Rhodesia; what consideration has been given to the survey by the officer appointed to inquire into the stabilisation of African labour in the copper belt; and what decisions have been taken on the Report of the Commission dealing with the land situation.
§ Colonel StanleyThe answer to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative, 1925W and Regulations under the Ordinance were approved at the last meeting of the Legislative Council. With regard to the second part, the survey is still proceeding, but a preliminary departmental report is under consideration by the Northern Rhodesia Government. The report of the Land Commission on the North Charterland Area, together with a statement by the Northern Rhodesia Government of the decisions reached on it, will be published shortly in the Territory and I will send the hon. Member a copy. I expect shortly to receive from the Governor his recommendations on the reports of the other land Commissions, which have completed their work.