§ MR. HART-DAVIES (Hackney, N.)To ask the Secretary of State for India whether, with reference to the recent Bombay municipal elections and the public meeting of protest held in Bombay regarding them on 7th April, he will consider the advisability of suggesting to the Indian Government that in future officers of Government should not be allowed to offer themselves as candidates for election on municipalities and district boards, especially as the Government has the right of, nominating an adequate number, of members to represent them on such bodies.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Morley.) As at present advised, I am not prepared to lay down a general rule such may hon. friend suggests.