HC Deb 14 July 1954 vol 530 c35W
92. Mr. J. Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies which parts of the programme outlined in the statement of policy issued by the Kenya Council of Ministers have already been put in hand.

Mr. Lyttelton

Work on most of the programme has already begun and in many instances considerable progress has already been made. The only matters in the statement on which progress has not already been made are the provision of old-age security, the future development of European farming and the investigation into the best method of choosing African members of Legislative Council. These three subjects are being considered now.

The importance of the statement lies not in the novelty, but in the complete agreement of the multi-racial Council of Ministers which produced it.