§ MR. S. SMITH (Flintshire)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether on June 7th he proposes to deal with the financial proposals of the Indian Government regarding the currency?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIANo. The whole subject has been remitted to a Committee for consideration, and to take the course suggested by 559 the honourable Member would simply be to invite the House to what would be a futile discussion. I propose, in the course I am going to adopt, to follow the precedent of 1877. In moving the Motion setting up the resolution on which the Bill was founded, I will make the usual statement, which will give honourable Members interested in Indian finance the opportunity of discussing the finances of the year.
§ MR. COHEN (Islington, E.)Will the Indian financial statement be distributed before the statement as to the Indian Budget is made?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIAYes; I believe the financial statement as to important details and a short statement by the Secretary of State is ready for distribution.