§ 66. Mr. Piratinasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many coloured seamen have been accommodated nightly on the average at the hostel in Leman Street, Stepney; what are the alternative places to which seamen who would normally use the hostel at Stepney are to be sent; what amount of accommodation is available in those places; and how much of that is already taken up.
Mr. Creech JonesThe Leman Street hostel had sleeping accommodation for 13 persons. Colonial seamen are accommodated by the British Sailors Society, the Missions to Seamen and at the Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest. I have no information about the total accommodation208W of these institutions but I am satisfied that they can meet the needs of Colonial seamen in London.