§ MR. FAWCETTasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether, considering the serious position of Indian finance as disclosed by the recent Budget, he can make any arrangement which will afford the House the opportunity of considering on an early day the proposals of the Indian Government for the coming financial year?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER,in reply, said, it would undoubtedly be desirable that this year the financial arrangements of India should be brought under the notice of the House at an earlier period than usual. It was all the more necessary on account of the proposal about to be made for a grant by himself. He had consulted his hon. Friend the Under Secretary of State for India; and, in concert with him, he thought an undertaking might be given that the Indian Budget would be brought under the notice of that House in the course of the month of May.
§ MR. FAWCETTgave Notice, that when the Indian Budget was brought forward, he would move a series of Resolutions asking the House to express its opinion of the imperative necessity 1307 of reducing the expenditure of India, considering the present position of Indian finance.