§ 7. Mr. W. BAKERasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether any appeal has been received by the Government of India from workers in Madras who are members of the tribes known as Erukulas in Telugu and Kuravans in Tamil districts, asking that, in view of the hardships they suffer on account of these tribes being classified as criminal tribes under the Criminal Tribes Act, they should be exempted from the Working of the Act; and whether it is the intention of the Government to take any action in this matter?
§ Earl WINTERTONI am not in a position to add to the reply given to the hon. Member on the 9th May.