MR. HERBERT ROBERTS (Denbighshire, W.)To ask the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the rules for the formation of a Representative Assembly for the State of Travancore, under which ninety of the 100 members will be elected by the people and whether he will recommend to the Government of India a similar measure or the administration of British districts.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) I have seen in a newspaper a report of the proceedings at the inaugural meeting of the Travancore Representative Assembly in October last; but I have no official information on the subject, and I do not know the facts as to its numbers or composition. I am not prepared to recommend the creation of representative assemblies for the administration of districts in British India.