§ MR. GIBSONasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether the Secretary of State for India intends to direct an inquiry into the grievances of the India Medical Service with a view to meet some of the expectations with which candidates were induced to enter it, and to restore some contentment to its ranks?
§ MR. J. K. CROSSSir, I have several times explained the cause of there being a temporary excess of medical officers who do not hold the substantive appointments which command the higher rates of pay—the grievance to which I understand the right hon. and learned Member refers—and I have, at the same time, explained how the difficulty is being met. It is not probable that any inquiry could add to the Secretary of State's information on the subject; and it is not proposed to make any change in the existing system by which officers succeed to substantive medical charges in India.
§ MR. GIBSONI give Notice that early next Session I shall call attention to the subject unless a remedy be applied in the meantime.