HC Deb 02 August 1926 vol 198 cc2605-6
4. Mr. RAMSDEN (for Mr. H. WILLIAMS)

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if it is the intention of the Government of India to pass legislation similar to the Indian and Colonial Divorce Bill, so that women in Great Britain whose husbands are domiciled in India may have rights similar to those which will be conferred by the Bill on women in India whose husbands are domiciled in Great Britain?

Earl WINTERTON

Legislation with this object would not be within the com- petence of the Indian Legislature, but would have to be passed by Parliament. There is no intention of extending the scope of the Bill now before this House in the manner indicated.