Mr. Creech Jones:

I would invite reference to the reply given by the Lord Privy Seal to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Bedford (Mr. Skeffington-Lodge) on 3rd March regarding applications for emigration facilities. No official statistics of the number of persons who wish to emigrate to Colonial territories are available. A limited scheme for Government-assisted settlement in Kenya is in operation. One thousand nine hundred and forty-seven inquiries have been made in this country regarding this scheme, and they resulted in 228 applications suitable for consideration by the selection boards. Of these, 139 have, so far, been approved.