§ MR. HART-DAVIES (Hackney, N.)To ask the Secretary of State for India whether in the reorganisation of the Public Works Department, Indians educated at Indian engineering colleges will be placed on the same footing in every respect as Europeans sent out from Home.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Morley.) It is a general rule of the public service in India that officers recruited in India, whether Indians or Europeans, are on a different footing as regards pay, leave, and pension from those who are recruited in England. It is not proposed to make an exception to this general rule in the case of the Public Works Department.
§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDY (Cavan, W.)To ask the Secretary of State for India, whether he is aware that there is considerable unrest on the North-West Frontier of India; whether he can state the cause; and will he say what is the strength of the British forces surrounding Afghanistan.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Morley.) If the hon. Member means political unrest in British territory, I would refer him to what I said in debate on 31st January. If he means the difficulties due to raids of Zakka Khel, who reside in tribal territory beyond the area under the direct administration of the Government of India, I would refer him to my Answer to-day to the hon. Member for Mid Armagh. The distribution of troops along the North-West Frontier of British India can be found in the Indian Army list. In no sense do they surround Afghanistan.