§ SIR J. PEASE (Durham, Barnard Castle)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether it is the intention of the Government that the proposed Royal Commission on the Opium Question shall sit and take evidence in India?
MR. G. RUSSELLThe Secretary of State is in communication with the Government of India on the subject of the Opium Commission, and he cannot speak positively until he has heard from them as to the arrangements for conducting the Inquiry; but he anticipates that it will be necessary that the Commission should visit and take evidence in India.
§ MR. PAUL (Edinburgh, E.)Will the Commission contain an adequate representation of native opinion?
MR. G. RUSSELLNo particulars have been decided on as yet, but the hon. Member may rely on it that native opinion will be adequately represented.