§ MR. SEYMOUR KEAY (Elgin and Nairn)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that, as telegraphed by the Secretary of the Indian Association at Calcutta, the Government of India is conducting the Jury Commission contrary to a declaration made in this House, that the inquiry is held with closed doors and is of limited scope, and that no evidence is being taken; and whether he can assure the House that the inquiry will be held in accordance with the declaration made by the Government in this country?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. GEORGE RUSSELL,) North Beds.The Secretary of State is not aware to what declaration my hon. Friend refers. The substance of the instructions to the Government of India was communicated to the House on the 24th February, in answer to a question put by my hon. Friend the Member for South Edinburgh. The Secretary of State has no reason to believe that those instructions will not be observed; nor does he think it desirable to interfere with the discretion of the Commission as to the mode of conducting the inquiry.
§ MR. PAUL (Edinburgh, S.)When is this Report likely to be presented, to whom will it be addressed, and will it be laid on the Table of the House?
§ MR. G. RUSSELLI take it that it will be addressed to the Secretary of State. I presume it will be laid.