§ 6. Mr. GARDNERasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether any conference have taken place between the Government of India and rulers of the Indian States with regard to the position of the Indian States in relation to the inquiry to be carried out by the Statutory Commission provided for in the Government of India Act, 1919; and whether the relation between the Indian States and the paramount Power will fall within the view of the above Commission or whether this matter will form the subject of an independent inquiry?
§ Earl WINTERTONSome informal discussions have taken place recently between the Viceroy and certain rulers of Indian States. I am not in a position at present to say what passed at those discussions or to make any statement in regard to the matters referred to in the question.