§ So much of Section five of the principal Act as relates to orders and communications sent to India from the United Kingdom and to orders made in the United Kingdom, and Sections eleven, twelve, thirteen, and fourteen of the principal Act, shall cease to have effect, and the procedure for the sending of orders and communications to India and in general for correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Governor-General in Council or any local government shall be such as may be prescribed by order of the Secretary of State in Council.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
§ Colonel YATEWhat is the result of this Clause? The Clause in the principal Act says the Council of India are to conduct the business transacted in the United Kingdom in relation to the Government of India. Am I right in supposing that the Secretary of State is outing the Council of India and putting himself in in personal charge in this matter? Is he depriving the Council of their statutory rights?
§ Captain ORMSBY-GOREIf the hon. and gallant Member will look at the principal Act, as amended by this Bill, as it issued from the Joint. Committee, he will see that Clause 5 remains intact and reads as follows:
The Council of India shall under the direction of the Secretary of State, and subject to the provisions of this Act, conduct the business transacted in the United Kingdom in relation to the Government of India and the correspondence with India.That remains under the heading "Duties of Council," and that means that the statutory duty of the Council of India is being left to it under this Bill.Question put, and agreed to.
Clauses 34 (Correspondence between Secretary of State and India) and 35 (High, Commissioner for India) ordered to stand part of the Bill.