§ 8. Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEasked the Under-Secretary of State for India what action has been taken with regard to the magistrate censured by the Chief Justice of Lahore in his judgment delivered on 18th November, 1927?
§ Earl WINTERTONNo, Sir. As soon as I am in a position to do so, I will inform the hon. Member, so that he may put down a question.
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEIn view of the very long delay and very grave dissatisfaction that is felt locally on the matter, will the Noble Lord expedite the decision of this very important question?
§ Earl WINTERTONOn 11th June, I informed the hon. Member that it was difficult to give even an approximate date upon which a decision would be reached. I can assure him that no avoidable delay has taken place. It is a very complicated question which has to be considered by a number of different authorities.