§ 2. Mr. WARDLAW-MILNEasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether any decision has been come to with regard to the claims of those members of the provincial services who have retained their non-Asiatic domicile to have extended to them the benefits conferred on their colleagues in the covenanted services by the Act of 1919 and by the Report of the Lee Commission, in so far as these latter have been adopted; and whether, in the event of the matter not having been decided, due attention will be paid to the recommendations on the subject contained in the letter from the Viceroy of India to the Secretary of State for India, dated Delhi, 5th March, 1919, and in the Report of Lord South-borough's Committee?
§ Earl WINTERTONMy Noble Friend is considering the position of the officers to whom my hon. Friend draws attention, and, in making his decision, will bear in mind the papers referred to.
§ Mr. WARDLAW-MILNEWill the Noble Lord put forward the suggestion that all British officers with non-Asiatic domicile who hold gazetted appointments prior to the Act should be brought under the Report, of the Committee?
§ Earl WINTERTONAll the relevant circumstances have been taken into consideration by my Noble Friend.