§ MR. KING (Hull, Central)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for 145 India whether the Secretary of State has had under consideration those recommendations of the Select Committee on the East India Civil Servants to which effect has not yet been given, particularly those relating to a uniform scheme explicitly describing the terms of pension and furlough, and the insufficiency of the present furlough pay; and whether it may be expected that early steps will be taken to carry those recommendations into effect?
*SIR J. GORSTThe Secretary of State has been in correspondence with the Government of India on this matter, and it is still under consideration.