§ MR. TALBOT (Oxford University)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether the Secretary of State has received Memorials from engineers in the Public Works Department of India, complaining that the advantages held out to them as inducements to enter the Service have not been realised, and praying for redress; and whether there is any hope of such redress being granted?
* THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. G. RUSSELL, North Beds.)(1.) Yes, Sir. As I informed the hon. Member on the 12th May, these Memorials have been received. (2.) The views of the Secretary of State in Council on the proposals submitted by the Government of India for the removal of the block of promotion from which the Indian Public Works Department is suffering were conveyed to the Government of India in a Despatch of the 27th of last month. Both the Secretary of State and the Government of India are anxious to effect a settlement of the question as soon as possible.