§ Mr. LANSBURYasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can state when the Administration Report for the year ending 31st March, 1925, is likely to be published?
§ Earl WINTERTONIf the hon. Member is referring to the Administration Report of the Indian Stores Department, the answer to his question is in the negative. I would refer him, however, to the reply given to-day to Question No. 7.
§ Mr. MORGAN JONESasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the statement in the Administration Report of the Indian Stores Department for the year ended 31st March, 1924, by the Chief Controller of Stores that the central departments of the Government of India, with the exception of the Army Department and the Public Works Department at Delhi, manifest reluctance to utilise the agencies of the Indian Stores Department in connection with their purchases; and whether he can state the reason for this reluctance and for the delay in the publication of this Report for over a year from the end of the financial year with which it deals?
§ Earl WINTERTONI have seen the statement referred to, but have no information as to the reasons for which some of the central departments of the Government of India make less use than others of the Indian Stores Department. As regards the last part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to-day to Question No. 7.