§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Secretary of State for India if he will consider the expediency of introducing a system under which security of land tenure will
† See page 63.795 be established in the Punjab, and reconsider the system under which deputy commissioners have the sole power of altering boundaries or ordering the annexation of land.(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) I am not aware that security of land tenure is not established in the Punjab, or that deputy commissioners have the unfettered powers which the hon. Member ascribes to them. In the absence of any reference to particular circumstances or powers given by law I regret that I am unable to answer his Question more specifically.