§ SIR W. WEDDERBURN (Banffshire)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, at what date is it likely that Sir J. B. Lyall's Report on the Famine of 1896–8, its causes and administration of relief, will be placed before Parliament, together with any minutes or resolution thereon by the Government of India.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingThe Report of the recent Famine Commission was laid on the Table last Thursday. The papers printed on the third page of the Return show that the evidence taken by the Commission will be presented hereafter, and that the Government of India have not yet recorded their opinions on the recommendations made by the Commission.