§ SIR ROPER LETHBRIDGE (Kensington, N.)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether Her Majesty's Government, in view of the interest taken in the proceedings of the "Hyderabad Deccan Company" Committee, and of the serious nature of the charges to be investigated, will take measures to enable parties interested to be heard by counsel before the Committee?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)The question of allowing parties interested to appear by counsel before the Committee is one entirely for the Committee and the House of Commons, with which it would be unbecoming in the Government to interfere.