§ MR. SEYMOUR KEAYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether it is the intention of the Government to recommend that the Inquiry into Indian affairs should take place before a Parliamentary Committee or Royal Commission; and, if the latter, what opportunity will be afforded to the House to discuss the terms of the reference to be made do the said Royal Commission?
§ MR. HENRY FOWLERNo Inquiry into Indian affairs has been proposed by Her Majesty's Government. On the contrary, I distinctly refused to be a party to any such Inquiry. It is proposed that the Inquiry into Indian Expenditure should be conducted by a Royal Commission. It is not usual to discuss in this House the terms of a reference to a Royal Commission.