§ SIR RICHARD TEMPLE (Worcester, Evesham)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether the despatch of the Secretary of State to the Government of India on the subject of the Contagious Diseases Acts was assented to by the majority of the Council of India; and, if not, what Members of the Council dissented; and, further, whether there was any objection to the production of any opinions that might have been recorded by the dissenting Members?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham), in reply, said, that of 13 Members of the Council, present on the occasion, 1186 nine voted against the despatch. Of these nine, six had recorded their dissent under the provisions of the Act of Parliament. The names of those who so recorded their dissent were—Sir Peter Lumsden, General Foster, Sir A. Arbuthnot, Sir John Strachey, General Strachey, and Sir Owen Burne. He believed it would be in accordance with precedent that the Minute of their dissent should be laid on the Table.
§ SIR RICHARD TEMPLEasked, whether he would be in Order if he now moved for the production of the Minute of the dissenting Members of Council?
§ MR. SPEAKERThe hon. Baronet can give Notice of the Motion which I understand that he now wishes to do.