HC Deb 09 February 1915 vol 69 cc395-6
33. Sir JOHN JARDINE

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether any civil officers under the Government of India have been sent to Basra; and if any arrangements have been made for administering civil and criminal justice in that town and the adjacent territory in our military occupation?

Mr. CHARLES ROBERTS

The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. Provisional arrangements are being made for the administration of civil and criminal justice by non-military courts.