HC Deb 14 January 1913 vol 46 cc1857-8
6. Mr. KING

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the Public Works Department in India has been strengthened in recent years by the appointment of professional architects in order that the Government of India may be advised in all matters relating to architecture by experts with a full knowledge of Indian conditions?

The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. Harold Baker)

Within the last ten years the Public Works Department in India has been enabled to deal more adequately with designs for public buildings by the appointment of consulting architects. One such appointment is attached to the central Government and five to provincial Governments

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