§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Ugandan Asians have returned to resettlement camps, having once left them, since last August.
§ Mr. LaneAbout 60 people have, exceptionally, been readmitted to the Uganda Resettlement Board's centres.
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of Ugandan Asians in resettlement camps in Great Britain in the week ended 2nd December 1972.
§ Mr. LaneOn the morning of 4th December there were 10,089 refugees in the Uganda Resettlement Board's centres, compared with 10,315 on 1st December, as I told the hon. Member on 7th December.—[Vol. 847, c. 475–6.]
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will cause an investigation to be made to ascertain to what extent the resettlement of Ugandan Asians is proceeding according to the Government plans; and to what extent the housing, schooling, welfare, employment, wages, etc., compares with the indigenous population of the areas where these refugees are settling.
§ Mr. LaneI am in close touch with the Uganda Resettlement Board on all matters related to the resettlement of the refugees. I do not consider that any special investigation is necessary.
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now give an assurance that the inhabitants at all of the Ugandan Asian resettlement camps now have to keep their own quarters clean and tidy and that the contractors who were employed to do this have now been dismissed.
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§ Mr. LaneIn all the Uganda Resettlement Board's centres the residents clean their own quarters. Contractors are used for certain communal areas.