§ MR. REESTo ask the Secretary of State for India whether a representative of the planters of Assam and Darjeeling will be added to the Ganges Bridge Committee, or whether the opinion of the planting community will be invited upon the finding of the Committee.
§ (Answered by Mr. Secretary Morley.) The Ganges Bridge Committee contains representatives of the Bengal Chambers of Commerce, and I am not aware that there is any intention to add a direct representative of the planters of Assam and Darjeeling; but no doubt due weight will be given to all the interests concerned before the Government of India's recommendations on the Report of the Committee are submitted to me.