§ MR. SERJEANT SIMONasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether any information has been received at the India Office, since the meeting of Parliament last autumn, respecting the Memorial of the uncovenanted Civil Servants to the Government in India, praying for the redress of certain grievances, or whether the India Office has been otherwise informed of the discontent prevailing among the uncovenanted Civil Servants in consequence of the disadvantageous position in which they are placed, in respect of leave and pension rules, as compared with the other members of the Indian Civil Service; and, whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government, here or in India, to amend the rules in question so as to place all the Civil Servants of the Crown in India upon the same footing?
§ MR. J. K. CROSSI can only repeat the answer which I gave to my hon. and learned Friend, in reply to a similar Question, on the 3rd of November last, and say that no information has been received at the India Office respecting a Memorial from the uncovenanted Civil Servants on the subject of their leave 1022 and pension rules. It is not the intention of Her Majesty's Government to place all the Civil Servants of the Crown in India upon the same footing in this respect.