§ MR. BRYCE (Aberdeen, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether the Government will consent to extend the Reference of the recently appointed Select Committee on certain points affecting the rights and claims of Members of the Uncovenanted Civil Service of India, so as to include various grievances of which the Civil Engineers in the employment of the Government of India complain in respect to their promotion, and to the manner in which posts in the Public Works Department are allotted?
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Sir J. GORST, Chatham)The subject raised in the hon. Member's question is rather for the House to consider than the Government.
§ MR. BRYCEWill the Government oppose the extension of the Reference if a private Member were to propose it?