§ 69. Mr. SHEPHERDasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the decision of the Government of India on the findings of the Indian Tariff Board (cotton textile industry inquiry) gives an advantage to Japan of 10 per cent. over Lancashire and other imported cloth; and whether these decisions have the approval of His Majesty's Government?
§ Earl WINTERTONMy Noble Friend is aware that the Government of India found that the advantage to Japan resulting from labour conditions in that country, which will continue until July, 1929, when the new Japanese Factory Law comes into full operation, amounts to 10 per cent. The comparison was between conditions in Japan and India, but a comparison between conditions in Japan and the United Kingdom would, no doubt, give a similar result. The decision of the Government of India is to leave the duties on cotton manufactures
| — | 1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | 1926. | 1927. | Total. |
| Number of Indians admitted to Indian Civil Service by examination in India. | (No exam.). | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 40 |
| Number of Indians admitted to Indian Civil Service by examination in England. | 13 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 11 | — | 61 |
| Number of Europeans admitted to Indian Civil Service by examination in England. | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 29 | — | 69 |