HC Deb 20 February 1959 vol 600 c104W
Mr. Stonehouse

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the further statements on oath by Mr. A. J. S. Williams-Meyrick and Mr. L. S. Bird regarding alleged ill-treatment in Kenya Prisons, he will now institute an inquiry into Kenya prisons and detention camps.

Mr. J. Amery

I have asked the Kenya Government to make inquiries into the allegations made in the statements by Mr. Williams-Meyrick and Mr. Bird, given me by the hon. Member. I should prefer to await the facts as revealed by investigation before forming a view on whether a more extensive inquiry is desirable.

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