§ MR. LONSDALEI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies 670 whether imperial sanction has been solicited for a scheme of linking up the railway systems of Ceylon and India by means of a bridge over the Palk Straits via the islands of Manar and Ramswaram; and whether His Majesty's Government are favourable to this project.
§ Mr. RUNCIMAN (for Mr.CHURCHILL)No, Sir.