HC Deb 13 March 1946 vol 420 c211W
36. . Mr. Dodds-Parker

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the policy of the Government in regard to the squatter question in the Kenya Highlands; and whether it is proposed to bring African squatters away from the farms against their will.

Mr. Creech Jones

I would refer the hon. Member to paragraphs 53 to 60 of Kenya Sessional Paper No. 8 of 1945, issued last November, which set out the policy with regard to resident labourers in the Kenya Highlands With regard to the second part of the Question, I would refer specifically to paragraph 54 of the Paper, which states that there is no question of the compulsory removal of those labourers back to the native areas; there is work for all to do in a great variety of occupations, and as the land is more intensively developed, there will be work for more still.

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