HC Deb 08 March 1956 vol 549 cc227-8W
Mr. Fenner Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what grounds "The Listener" has been placed on the list of publications excluded from detention camps in Kenya.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

There is no list of publications excluded from detention camps in Kenya. Under the regulations governing the administration of detention camps, the officer-in-charge of a camp may allow a detained person the use of books and papers, provided that all such articles are received or procured through the officer-in-charge, who may detain any book or paper which, in his opinion, con- tains any objectionable matter. Any person aggrieved by the exercise of this power may appeal to the Commissioner of Prisons. I am not aware of any case in which this power has been used to withhold a copy of "The Listener" from a detainee, but if the hon. Member has any information which suggests the contrary and will place that at my disposal I shall be prepared to have it fully investigated.