HC Deb 03 May 1872 vol 211 c192
MR. DICKINSON

asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether the Secretary of State for India in Council will provide the Library of the House of Commons with Copies of the printed Budget Estimates prepared by the Governor General of India in Council, and printed Copies of all Acts and Regulations passed by the various Indian Governments since and including the official year 1870, and of all existing Rules regulating the appointment, salaries, pensions, and furlough of officers employed in the various branches of the Public Service in India or in England; and also periodically, when and as the same are received from India, or as soon after as practicable, Copies of all such printed Budget Estimates, Acts, Regulations, Rules, Reports, and other printed public documents, not of a secret or confidential nature, as may, in the opinion of the Secretary of State for India, be necessary to enable Members of Parliament to understand the administration of the Government of India?

MR. GRANT DUFF

Sir, we shall do with much pleasure what my hon. Friend proposes.