§ MR. FAWCETTasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether the Governor General of India in Council was consulted before any definite steps were taken to establish the Indian Engineering College at Cooper's Hill; and, whether there is any objection to lay upon the Table the Correspondence which has taken place between the Secretary of State for India in Council and the Governor General in Council in reference to the establishment of this College?
MR. GRANT DUFFThere will be no objection to producing the Correspondence referred to if the hon. Member will move for it.
§ MR. FAWCETTThe Under Secretary has not answered my Question. What I wish to know is whether the 1877 Governor General and Council were consulted before any definite steps were taken in the matter?
MR. GRANT DUFFI thought I answered both the hon. Gentleman's Questions. Of course, the Correspondence referred to could not be produced unless the Government of India had been consulted.
§ MR. FAWCETTThe point on which I wish to have an answer from the hon. Gentleman is this—whether the Governor General was communicated with before any definite steps were taken to establish the College?