§ MR. CRAWFORDasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether he will lay upon the Table of the House a Copy of an Act passed by the Legislative Council of India, providing for the compulsory introduction of the Metric System of Weights and Measures into the administration of the Railways and Public Departments in India; whether the Railway Companies are parties to and approve of the Act, and whether it has received the sanction of the Chambers of Commerce and other bodies representing public opinion in India; and whether the Secretary of State for India in Council is prepared to allow, or will disallow, the Act in question?
MR. GRANT DUFFSir, in reply to my hon. Friend's first Question, I have to say that there will be no objection to laying on the Table the Act to which I understand him to allude. The information which has reached me is hardly sufficient to enable me to answer my hon. Friend's second Question. In reply 1153 to his third Question, I have to say that the Act is still under the consideration of the Secretary of State in Council.