HC Deb 28 February 1922 vol 151 c227
5 and 6. Colonel WEDGWOOD

asked the Secretary of State for India (1) whether he will give a return showing the number of political prisoners at present in prison or interned in India; in what gaols and in what category they are confined;

(2) whether his attention has been drawn to the restriction on the rights of travel inflicted upon Indians in the mandated territory of Tanganyika; "whether the removal of the ban was effected on his representations; and whether he has asked for disciplinary action against the official guilty of making these invidious distinctions?

Mr. MONTAGU

I would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the answers given to him on the 22nd. Those answers appeared in the OFFICIAL REPORT of that date.

Colonel WEDGWOOD

Will the right hon. Gentleman make inquiries and supply the returns that are asked for, and, in particular, say whether it is not a fact that Sir George Lloyd, in Bombay, managed to do without the imprisonment of these particular persons?

Mr. MONTAGU

I shall be happy to make inquiries to get my hon. and gallant Friend any information which he requires.

Colonel WEDGWOOD

I want to know the number of political arrests in each of the major provinces.

Mr. MONTAGU

Immediately an attempt is made to get the information, there is always a difficulty in describing exactly what are "political arrests."

Colonel WEDGWOOD

I think that the right hon. Gentleman knows what are political arrests.

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