§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India 402 contemplate the despatch of a Commissioner to Tibet with a view to arrange for improved trade facilities between the two countries.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingA proposal was made last year by the Chinese Government for the despatch of a Chinese Commissioner to discuss on the spot certain questions relating to the frontier and to trade between Tibet and India. The Government of India contemplate, and are making arrangements for, the despatch of British Commissioners to meet the Chinese Commissioner and a representative of the Dalai Lama of Tibet to discuss the pending questions.