§ MR. FAWCETTasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether he will have any objection to lay upon the Table the Second Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Failure of the Bombay Bank?
MR. GRANT DUFFSir, the Second Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the failure of the Bombay Bank contains opinions given to the Secretary of State in the strictest confidence about the future policy of Government with respect to the Presidency Banks—opinions by which Government may or may not be guided. These opinions have been treated as strictly private, even in the India Office, and it would be quite contrary to practice, as well as inconvenient to the public service, if I were to lay them on the Table, at least at present.