§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, in view of the difficulty experienced by the Government of India, in obtaining war material from Great Britain, during the recent war in South Africa, whether he will state by what date the steps which are being taken to render India independent of Great Britain, for warlike stores are expected to have been sufficiently advanced to enable India to satisfy her own requirements under this heading.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord G. HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingThe new military factories which are being built with a view to render India, as far as possible, self-supporting in war material are being brought to completion with all possible despatch; but at present I cannot say when they will be sufficiently advanced to meet India's requirements.
§ LORD G. HAMILTONreplied in the affirmative.