§ 132. Colonel Wiggasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how the £2 10s. which is to be set aside for social welfare out of the price paid for every ton of East African sisal is to be administered; and if he will give some assurance that these moneys will be expended wholly in the interests of the estate labourers.
Mr. Creech JonesThe £2 10s. per ton which is to be set aside for Social Welfare out of the price paid for East African sisal will be credited by the Sisal Controllers in Tanganyika and Kenya to the accounts of individual estates, but this money will not be released unless the Labour Commissioner of the territory concerned is satisfied that welfare expenditure of at least this amount per ton has in fact been incurred on approved purposes either by the individual estate concerned or jointly on its behalf by a group of estates. The Labour Commissioner will be satisfied if the money is used to provide for either the welfare of native labourers or that of subordinate European employees on lines analogous, having regard to ordinary living conditions, to those applicable to native employees. He will not be satisfied if it is used to cover expensive amenities for managerial staff. Any expenditure incurred for approved welfare purposes since the beginning of 1943 will be eligible for consideration.