HC Deb 20 October 1902 vol 113 cc224-5
* SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucestershire, Forest of Dean)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India, whether the correspondence which commenced with the telegram of the 26th February to the Government of India as to the conditions of service of British troops in India is complete, and when the Papers showing the views of the Government of India will be laid before Parliament.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON,) Middlesex, Ealing

There has been some delay in completing this correspondence, but I expect in a short time to got the final views of the Government of India; until I receive their despatch I cannot reply as to what Papers will be laid before Parliament. As the War Office and India Office were unable to agree as to what the relative apportionment of increased charge arising out of the change of the conditions of service should be, the matter will be referred to arbitration.