§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Secretary of State for India if he will state what sum 235 it is proposed to spend on irrigation works in each Province of India during the present year, and when some of the irrigation works recommended in the Report of the Irrigation Commission are likely to be commenced.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) The information desired by the hon. Member on the subject of the amount which it is proposed to spend on irrigation during the next financial year will be given, as usual, in the Financial Statement, which will, in due course, be presented to Parliament. I am awaiting the view's of the Government of India regarding the action that should be taken on the recommendations of the Irrigation Commission.