HC Deb 02 April 1908 vol 187 cc669-70
MR. LONSDALE

I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies 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.