HC Deb 22 December 1954 vol 535 cc291-2W
81 and 82. Mr. Orbach

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) if the power to transfer prisoners to a country outside the Federation has yet been transferred from the territorial Government to the Federal Government of Central Africa;

(2) if the prisons of Northern Rhodesia have yet been transferred to the control of the Government of the Federation of Central Africa from the Government of Northern Rhodesia.

Mr. Hopkinson

Responsibility for prisons and for the transfer of prisoners was assumed by the Federal Government on 1st December.

83. Mr. Orbach

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if the technical education of Africans in Central Africa has yet been transferred to the Federal Administration from the territorial Administration.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The Federal Government have assumed responsibility for higher education, which would include any institutions offering more advanced technological courses to any races. Technical education for Africans at lower levels is and will remain a territorial responsibility.