§ 105. Mr. Prittasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in view of the Government's repeated assurances to give Asiatics in Malaya equal opportunities with Europeans, what steps have been taken to provide for the Asiatic doctors in medical services there pay and conditions equal to those provided for European doctors in the corresponding services.
Mr. Creech JonesI would refer my hon. Friend to my reply to a Question by the hon. Member for South Croydon, (Mr. Rees-Williams) on 24th February. My Medical Adviser, who has just arrived here from Malaya, will shortly be reporting on certain matters to which the Asiatic officers attach great importance. These include the practical application of the principle, which I have accepted, of a single Medical Service, and the provision of facilities for study leave in this country. Certain other of the questions which arise must await "the report of a Salaries Commission which I hope will soon begin its inquiry into the pay and conditions of the Malayan Government Service as a whole.