§ 5. Mr. THURTLEasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether any representations have been made by the Secretary of State for India or the Government of India to the Government of the Union of South Africa with regard to the effect of the enactment of the Colour Bar Bill in the South African Parliament upon the settlement of the questions to be discussed at the conference arranged between the two Governments on the subject of anti-Asiatic legislation in the Union?
Lord STANLEYMy Noble Friend entrusted to the Government of India 4 the negotiations touching the conference with the Government of the Union of South Africa to which the hon. Member refers. No doubt the Government of India have made every representation which they consider relevant, but my Noble Friend thinks that it would he more appropriate that any public statement on the subject should be made in the first instance by them or by the South African Government.