MR. HERBERT ROBERTS (Denbighshire, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether any minutes or opinions of dissent were recorded, under Sections 23, 24, and 25 of the Government of India Act, 1858, by any members of the Council of the Secretary of State for India regarding the proposed partition of the Bengal Province; and, if so, whether he will include these minutes and opinions, together with others that may have been recorded, among the Papers which will be laid upon the Table of the House.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. BRODRICK, Surrey, Guildford)No such minutes or opinions of dissent were recorded.
In reply to a further Question, Mr. BRODRICK said Papers now on their way home from India would be laid as soon as possible.