§ 38. Mr. SNELLasked the Under-Secretary of State for India how many meetings were held by the special tariff board on the textile industry; how long the inquiry lasted; and whether any of the principal suggestions either of the majority or of the minority Reports have been accepted by the Government of India?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe number of meetings was 40. The inquiry began on the 5th July, 1926, and the Report was signed on the 21st January, 1927. The Government of India have announced their intention of introducing in the next Session of the Legislative Assembly legislation for the removal of duties on machinery and certain mill stores. They have declined to accept the recommendation that the spinning of the higher counts of yarn should be stimulated by the grant of a bounty, and have decided to propose no alteration in the import duties on cotton manufacture. Other recommendations of the tariff board are under consideration. A copy of the Report and of a Resolution published by the Government of India containing their decisions will be placed in the Library of the House.